Defeat Gomess!

Defeat Gomess!
Ultra Q, episode 1
Information
Airdate	January 2, 1966
Directed by	Hajime Tsuburaya
Written by	Kitao Senzoku
Special Effects Directed by	Hajime Koizumi
Continuity
Previous	None
Next	Goro and Goroh
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Defeat Gomess! is the first episode of Ultra Q.

Plot

While mining a train tunnel between Tokyo & Osaka, a construction crew unearths a strange object from within a huge underground cavern. Unable to identify the object, Jun and Yuriko venture into the tunnel to further investigate. In the meantime, Ippei and a reporter, with the help of a young boy named Liro, discover that the object is the egg of the giant bird called Litra. According to ancient legend, when Litra's egg is found, the giant monster Gomess will appear to destroy the Earth and consequently, Litra will rise up to defend against it. Unfortunately, Jun and Yuriko have already encountered Gomess while exploring in the caverns and are pursue, to the surface by the ferocious monster. Jiri and Ippei help to warm the egg, thereby accelerating the hatching process and soon Litra is born. Gomess emerges from the tunnel and the two monsters clash in battle After a vicious struggle, Litra uses its citronella acid ray to kill Gomess and then expires itself, having fulfilled its destiny.

Cast

• Jun Manjome : Kenji Sahara
• Yuriko Edogawa : Hiroko Sakurai
• Ippei Togawa : Yasuhiko Saijo
• Deskworker Seki : Yoshibumi Tajima
• Narrator : Koji Ishizaka

Guest Actors

• Nakamura work manager : Nakajiro Tomita
• Construction worker A : Senkichi Omura （Credited by mistake for Senkichi Obayashi　大林千吉）
• Construction worker B : Ren Yamamoto
• Chief priest of Dosen Temple : Goro Morino
• Jiro : Junji Muraoka
• Worker : Hiroshi Sekita
• Scholar A : Keiichiro Katsumoto
• Scholar B : Keisuke Yamada
• Nitta reporter : Tatsuyoshi Ehara

Voice Actors

• Jiro : Kiyoshi Komiyama (Noncredit)

Suit Actors

• Gomess : Haruo Nakajima

Appearances

Kaiju

• Gomess
• Litra

Home Media

• Ultra Q Volume 1 features episodes 1-4, while the Total Natural Color Blu-ray features episodes 1-3.

2001 release

2008 release

Total Natural Color Blu-ray

Trivia

• Gomess is infamously known for being created from a loosely disguised Godzilla suit. Around the time of Toho's film, Mothra vs. Godzilla. Eiji Tsuburaya was beginning his work on Ultra Q, and during the time of Ghidorah, the Three-Headed Monster, a new Godzilla suit was to be used for the film. However when Tsuburaya pleaded with Toho Studios to use the suit, The MosuGoji suit was reused for the film instead. Once filming for episode 1 of Ultra Q was finished, The Godzilla suit that was used to make Gomess would later be given back to Toho Studios to create the film Invasion of Astro-Monster.
  • Ironically, Litra, being an altered Larugeus, was actually one of the small flying Rodan props from Ghidorah, the Three-Headed Monster.