Terror of the Sweet Honey

Terror of the Sweet Honey
Ultra Q, episode 8
Information
Airdate	February 20, 1966
Directed by	Koji Kajita
Written by	Tetsuo Kinjo
Special Effects Directed by	Keiji Kawakami
Continuity
Previous	S.O.S. Mount Fuji
Next	Baron Spider

Terror of the Sweet Honey is the eighth episode of Ultra Q.

Plot

Jun, Yuriko, lppei and Dr. Ichinotani visit a laboratory near Mount Isa to learn more about the experiments of a researcher named Kimura. Kimura has developed a special nutrient called Honey Zelion, which he has fed to colonies of bees. Following an incident of vandalism at the greenhouse where the bees are stored, a giant mole called Mongula appears, terrorizing the farmland community.

Apparently, the animal had eaten the larvae bred on Honey Jellion and grew to super size. Kimura blames himself for the tragedy when the monster wreaks havoc in the nearby village. The investigative trio soon discovers, however, that it was Kimura's jealous colleague, Itami, who had deliberately demolished the greenhouse, thus enabling the mole access to nutrient-raised insects. Itami flees the authorities and, in trying to destroy the monster with dynamite, is killed.

Under the suggestion of Dr. Ichinotani, the military is alerted to launch missiles to stimulate the volcanic activity in the area. The mole monster is eventually destroyed in the ensuing eruption.

Cast

• Jun Manjome : Kenji Sahara
• Yuriko Edogawa : Hiroko Sakurai
• Ippei Togawa : Yasuhiko Saijo
• Professor Ichinotani : Ureo Egawa
• Narrator : Koji Ishizaka

Guest Actors

• Aiko Hasegawa : Keiko Sawai
• Shigeo Kimura : Susumu Kurobe
• Ichiro Itami : Hiroshi Iwashita
• Gosaku : Seiji Ikeda
• Measures Headquarters's Command : Takuzo Kumagai
• Farmer B : Isao Mabuchi
• Village autonomy Participant : Akio Kusama
• Mansaku : Masaki Shinohara
• Prefectural police captain : Haruo Nakajima
• Protesting farmers : Koji Uruki ,Shigeo Kato
• Hasegawa Proving Ground Director : Gen Shimizu

Suit Actors

• Mongula : Yukio Fukutome

Appearances

Kaiju

• Mongula
• Enlarged honey bee

Home Media

• Ultra Q Volume 2 features episodes 5-8, and Total Natural Color Blu-ray Volume 3 features episodes 8-11.

2001 release

2008 release

Total Natural Color Blu-ray

Trivia

• During the climatic final scenes, the stock footage of Toho's 1956's Rodan film was used. As the ending naration begins, a scene where a Rodan can be seen flapping it's wings in vein to escape the lava can be seen.