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Cruel! Light Monster Pris-Ma (残酷! 光怪獣プリズ魔, Zankoku! Hikari Kaijū Purizu Ma) is the thirty-fifth episode of Return of Ultraman.

Plot[]

Boats and lighthouses were disappearing one by one. Go and Sakata had a feeling of something was coming towards Japan and went to the sea. When it came to the night, monster Pris-ma appeared and revealed its power to be absorbing light! MAT started an operation to lure Pris-ma out and freeze it in absolute zero. However, the time for the operation is limited. It's time for Go to make his desperate attack!

Cast[]

Guest Actors[]

  • Doctor (医師, Ishi): Kei Iinuma (飯沼 慧, Iinuma Kei)
  • Nurse (看護婦, Kangofu): Midori Tamai (玉井 碧, Tamai Midori)
  • Foreign Sailor (外国人船員, Gaikokujin Sen'in): F. Bossard (エフ・ボサード, Efu Bosādo)

Suit Actors[]

Appearances[]

Ultras[]

Kaiju[]

Home Media[]

  • Return of Ultraman Volume 9 features episodes 33-36.

Trivia[]

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  • The script for this episode was written by Ken Sakata's actor, Shin Kishida, under the pen name Shin Akegawa. Kishida was inspired by J.G. Ballard's science fiction novel The Crystal World.
  • The battle scene between Ultraman Jack and Pris-Ma was filmed in a large swimming pool. However, due to faulty insulation on the power cables submerged in the water, Eiichi Kikuchi, who played Ultraman, was electrocuted when he entered the pool. His convulsions looked like he was jokingly dancing, which led to him being scolded by the episode's director, Shohei Tojo.
  • According to the discussion led by Eizo Yamagiwa, Shigemitsu Taguchi, and Akihiko Iguchi during a seminar in 2017, Yamagiwa stated that while directing this episode, he decided to cut some scenes mentioned in Kishida's original draft. Yamagiwa explained, “From my subjective perspective, if an ice monster emits light, that light will turn into heat, causing the ice to melt.” After providing this reasoning, he approached producer Ken Kumagai and the laboratory at the Laser Research Institute for further discussion, as the light emitted by lasers does not generate heat.[1]
    • Since Pris-Ma remained static in the story, the production team decided to make Pris-Ma move.
    • Yamagiwa added, "I don't particularly recall Kishida having any specific requests in the script. Taguchi mentioned that Kishida was very eager to write the script, to which Yamagiwa replied, 'However, even if I made suggestions, he wouldn't modify it.'"
  • In a 2021 interview, Yamagiwa revisited the process through which Kishida submitted the script for this particular episode.[2]
    • Yamagiwa shared that Kishida had written scripts in the past, even while acting in the series. On one occasion, Kishida approached him with a new script and said, "I’ve written another one, please do it." After reviewing it, producer Ken Kumagai remarked, "Well, this one should be directed by Yamagiwa."
    • When Yamagiwa first looked at the script, he found it lacked any theme or message, which left him feeling quite troubled. During the meeting, he made several suggestions, but Kishida's response was essentially, "Please feel free to handle it however you like." As a result, Yamagiwa made a few minor adjustments, but the core structure of the script remained almost identical.
  • Pris-Ma's suit actor was Takanobu Toya. However, in the actual filming, he only pushed the Pris-Ma prop from behind. Despite this, he received the same pay as usual, which made him feel quite embarrassed.[3]
Sparkling light effects
  • The sparkling light effects used in this episode were later repurposed as the background for the opening animation of Ultraman Ace.


References[]

Return of Ultraman Episodes
1. All Monsters Attack | 2. Takkong's Big Counterattack | 3. Evil Monster Realm of Terror | 4. Definite Kill! Comet Kick | 5. Two Giant Monsters Attack Tokyo | 6. Battle! Monsters vs. MAT | 7. Operation Rainbow Monster! | 8. Monster Time Bomb | 9. Monster Island S.O.S | 10. Dinosaur Explosion Directive | 11. Poison Gas Monster Appears | 12. Revenge of the Monster Shugaron | 13. Terror of the Tsunami Monsters, Tokyo's Big Pinch! | 14. Terror of the Two Giant Monsters, Tokyo in a Giant Tornado | 15. Revenge of the Monster Lad | 16. Mystery of the Big Bird Monster Terochilus | 17. Monster Bird Terochilus - Tokyo's Big Aerial Bombing | 18. Ultraseven Arrives! | 19. The Giant Invisible Monster That Came from Space | 20. The Monster Is a Giant Shooting Star in Space | 21. Monster Channel | 22. I'll Kill This Monster! | 23. Dark Monster Spit out the Stars! | 24. Horror! Mansion Monster's Birth | 25. Leaving My Home Planet Earth | 26. Mystery Homicide Beetle Incident | 27. Go to Hell with This One Blow! | 28. Ultra Special Operation | 29. Jiro-Kun Rides a Monster | 30. The Curse of the Bone God Oxter | 31. In Between a Devil & Angel | 32. Decisive Battle Under the Setting Sun | 33. The Monster User and the Boy | 34. The Life That Can't Be Forgiven | 35. Cruel! Light Monster Pris-Ma | 36. Kick the Night Away | 37. Ultraman Dies at Sunset | 38. When the Ultra Star Shines | 39. Winter of Horror Series - the 20th Century Abominable Snowman | 40. Winter of Horror Series - Phantom Snow Woman | 41. The Revenge of Alien Baltan Jr. | 42. The Monster That Stands on Mt. Fuji | 43. Demon God Barks on the Moon | 44. To the Starry Sky with Love | 45. Assassinate Hideki Go! | 46. This One Blow Filled with Anger | 47. The Targeted Woman | 48. I'm Taking the Earth | 49. Space Warriors - Your Name Is MAT | 50. Invitation from Hell | 51. The Five Oaths of Ultra
Unproduced Episodes
The Moon Fairy Tale