Takkong's Big Counterattack

Takkong's Big Counterattack
Return of Ultraman, Episode 2

Air date	04/9/1971
Screenplay by	Shozo Uehara
Directed by	Ishiro Honda
Special skill director	Koichi Takano
Viewer Ratings	25.0%
previous All Monsters Attack	next Evil Monster Realm of Terror

Takkong's Big Counterattack (タッコング大逆襲 Takkongu Dai-Gyakushu) is the 2nd episode of Return of Ultraman.

Plot

While going through the various MAT training courses, Hideki Goh aces them all garnering perfect scores every time. When the monster Takkong surfaces again sinking a tanker vessel, Goh and other MAT members plan to eradicate the beast with torpedoes. During the undersea attack, Goh gets trigger happy and nearly gets him and Minami killed. With Minami unconscious, Goh tries to change to Ultraman, but fails to do so. The monster retreats and Goh is released from MAT duty. He returns to his friend Sakata so as to build his specialized race car, Ryuusei #2; but he doesn't want to work with him, either. Meanwhile, Takkong attacks an oil refinery trapping Minami below ground leaving Captain Kato and his crew helpless to get to him and workers trapped below. Goh then comes to save the people who are stuck in the oil refinery Goh only saved one then he went back. This time it was on fire. Goh beacme Ultraman Jack and killed Takkong with the specium beam.

Cast

Hideki Goh (郷秀樹 Gō Hideki):Jiro Dan (団時朗 Dan Jirō)
Takeshi Minami (南猛 Minami Takeshi):Shunsuke Ikeda (池田駿介, Ikeda Shunsuke)
Ippei Ueno (上野一平 Uneo Ippei):Mitsui Hatashi
Yuriko Oka (丘ユリ子, Oka Yuriko):Mika Katsuragi (桂木美加,Katauragi Mika)
Captain Katsushiro Kato (加藤勝一郎) Nobuo Tsukamoto (塚本信夫, Tsukamoto Nobuo)
Fumio Kishida (岸田文夫 Kishida Fumo):Nishida Ken (西田健, Ken Nishida)
Jiro Sakata (坂田次郎, Sakata Jirō) Kawaguchi Hideki ( 川口英樹, Hideki Kawaguchi)
Aki Sakata (坂田アキ, Sakata Aki):Rumi Sakakibara (榊原るみ, Sakakibara Rumi)
Ken Sakata (坂田健, Ken Sakata)：岸田森

Appearances

Ultra Warriors

Ultraman Jack

Kaiju

Takkong

DVD Releases

Return of Ultraman Vol 1 Episodes 1-4.

Return of Ultraman Episodes
All Monsters Attack \| Takkong's Big Counterattack \| Evil Monster Realm of Terror \| Definite Kill! Comet Kick \| Two Giant Monsters Attack Tokyo \| Battle! Monsters Vs. Mat \| Operation Rainbow Monster! \| Monster Time Bomb \| Monster Island S.O.S \| Dinosaur Explosion Directive \| Poison Gas Monster Appears \| Revenge of Shugaron \| Terror of the Tsunami Monsters,Tokyo's Big Pinch \| Terror of The Two Tsunami Monsters, Tokyo's Dalong Reel \| Revenge of the Monster Lad \| Mystery of the Big Bird Monster Terochilus \| Monster Bird Terochilus- Tokyo's Big Aireal Bombing \| Ultraseven Arrives! \| The Giant Invisible Monster that Came from Space \| The Monster is a Giant Shooting Star in Space \| Monster Channel \| I'll Kill this Monster! \| Dark Monster Spit Out the Stars! \| Horror! Mansion Monster's Birth \| Leaving My Home Planet Earth \| Mystery Homicide Beetle Incident \| Go to Hell with this One Blow! \| Ultra Special Operation \| Jiro-Kun Rides a Monster \| The Curse of the Bone God Oxter \| In Between a Devil & Angel \| Decisive Battle Under The Setting Sun \| The Monster User And The Boy \| The Life that Can't be Forgiven \| Cruel! Light Monster Pris-Ma \| The Chirase Kicks The Night \| Ultraman Dies at Sunset \| When the Ultra Star Shines \| Winter of Horror Series - The 20th Century Abominable Snowman \| Winter of Horror Series - Phantom Snow Woman \| The Revenge of Alien Baltan Jr. \| The Monster That Stands on Mt. Fuji \| Demon God Barks on the Moon \| To the Starry Sky with Love \| Assasinate Hideki Goh! \| This One Blow Filled With Anger \| The Targeted Woman \| I'm Taking The Earth \| Space Warriors-Your Name is MAT \| Invitation from Hell \| The 5 Ultra Pledges

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