Mirrorman Pilot Film

Mirrorman Pilot Film
Information
Starring	Toshio Shiba Saori Minami Fuyuki Murakami
Release Date(s)	January 25, 2006
Country of Origin	Japan
Language	Japanese
Running Time	11 minutes 38 seconds
Directed by	Seiji Tani
Written by	Shigemitsu Taguchi
Music by	Toru Fuyuki
Production/Release
Next	Mirrorman Is Born

The Mirrorman Pilot Film is a short film produced around June to July 1971, before the Mirrorman series was officially greenlit, as part of a promotional effort. It features a Mirrorman with a different design to the TV series and most of the cast is different.

The pilot was released for the first time as a special feature in the second Mirrorman DVD box set released by VAP on January 25, 2006.

Plot

A high school student named Kyotaro Kagami, who lives a solitary life, visits his late mother's grave to tell her about his high school graduation with his friend Yumi. There, he receives a letter and a cross-shaped pendant from a priest, left by his mother. The letter reveals that Kyotaro is born from a union between Mirrorman, a being from a parallel dimension, and his human mother.

While conflicted by this revelation, Kyotaro witnesses an assassin shoot a man driving a car, unaware that he was aiming for him, and gives chase, until the escapee's car suddenly explodes. Members of an organization named SGM arrive to investigate and meet Kyotaro. While speaking with them, a sniper from a helicopter targets the area, turning it into a sea of fire. Remembering his mother's words, Kyotaro leaps into a mirror, transforming into Mirrorman and vowing to fight against evil.

Appearances

Heroes

• Mirrorman

Kaijus

• Invaders

Cast

• Kyotaro Kagami : Toshio Shibamoto
• Yumi : Saori Minami
• Priest : Fuyuki Murakami
• Dr. Mitarai : Junya Usami
• Ryozo Murakami : Koji Nanbara
• Akio Konno : Kentaro Kudo
• Yuki Konno : Fuimi Sho
• Tetsuo Saga : Takeshi Doi
• Invaders :
  • Osman Yusuf
  • Willie Dorsey

Voice Actors

• Kiriko Kagami : Michiko Hirai
• Narrator : Goro Mutsumi

Suit Actors

• Mirrorman : Kiyoshi Amano

Home Media

After the pilot's first DVD release in 2006, it was included on the ninth volume of Toei Video's 10 DVD set in 2011-2012 and their complete DVD box set on March 9, 2016.

2006 DVD-BOX volume 2 (episodes 29-51, pilot, Mirror Fight episodes 1-65)

2012 volume 9 (episodes 41-45, pilot, Mirror Fight episodes 57-65)

2016 DVD-BOX (episodes 1-51, pilot, Mirror Fight episodes 1-65)

Gallery

Kyotaro Kagami

Yumi

Priest

Ryozo Murakami

Dr. Mitarai

Tetsuo Saga

Akio Konno

Yuki Konno

Trivia

• The pilot was filmed in Yokohama and reused the special effects set used in Return of Ultraman episode 19 "The Giant Invisible Monster That Came from Space".
• The pilot reuses music from Ultraseven and Return of Ultraman.
• While not actually called "Invaders" during the film, Ultra Tokusatsu PERFECT MOOK refers to the attackers as such.
• The exposed mouth in Mirrorman's design was intended to differentiate him from the Ultras.