Mamoru Sasaki is a Japanese screenwriter. He has served as a writer for the Ultraman Series during the Showa era.
Career[]
After graduating from the Japanese Literature Department of Meiji University in 1960, Sasaki became a scriptwriter for TBS radio comedy programs. Starting from 1961, he began to participate in scriptwriting for radio dramas and TV dramas.
In 1966, Sasaki met Akio Jissoji, who was then working as a director at TBS television, through the recommendation of Nagisa Oshima. From then on, Sasaki and Jissoji collaborated for a long time, including participating in the scriptwriting for special effects TV dramas such as Ultraman series.
Death[]
On February 24, 2006, Sasaki passed away due to internal illness at the age of 69.[1]
Works[]
- Ultraman (1966-1967) - Writer, 6 episodes
- Episode 14 "The Pearl Defense Directive"
- Episode 15 "Terrifying Cosmic Rays"
- Episode 22 "Overthrow the Surface"
- Episode 23 "My Home Is Earth"
- Episode 34 "Present from the Sky"
- Episode 35 "The Monster Graveyard"
- Ultraseven (1967-1968) - Writer, 2 episodes
- Episode 12 "From Another Planet with Love"
- Episode 38 "The Courageous Battle"
- Mighty Jack (1968) - Writer, 1 episode (unproduced)
- Unproduced episode "Aria on the Tropic of Cancer"
- Operation: Mystery (1968-1969) - Writer, 3 episodes
- Episode 4 "Fearful Phone Calls"
- Episode 5 "The Grim Reaper's Lullaby"
- Episode 25 "I Will Buy Kyoto"
- Ultraman Taro (1973) - Writer, 2 episodes
- Episode 33 "Five Seconds Before the Great Explosion of the Land of Ultra!
- Episode 34 "The Last Day of the Six Ultra Brothers!
- Ultra Q The Movie: Legend of the Stars (1990) - Writer
- The Man Who Wanted to be Ultraman (1993)
- Ultraman Tiga (1996) - Writer, 1 episode (unproduced)
- Unproduced episode "The Love and Freedom Star"
- Ultraman: Monster Bible (unproduced)[2]
- Ultraman: Monster Mugen (unproduced)[3]
Other[]
- Princess Comet (1967)
- Silver Kamen (1971)
- Iron King (1972)
References[]