The Dark Past, known in Japan as Messenger From the Darkness , is the fourth episode of Ultraman: The Ultimate Hero.
Synopsis[]
Seismologists in a cave are baffled to find mysterious earthquakes occurring in the area. When Kai and Beck go to investigate, another earthquake occurs, and Kai goes missing. He soon wakes up to find that the Sun People are going to use their monster, Telesdon, to attack the surface.
Plot[]
A pair of seismologists working in a remote cavern have detected unusual underground activity. Theresa Beck and Kenichi Kai are sent to investigate and Kai disappears when another tremor rocks the cavern.
While Beck tries to console herself for losing Kai, the rest of the WINR team has determined that the seismic activity is being caused by a strange object moving underground toward the city. That night, a a gigantic armor-plated lizard emerges from the underground and begins a destructive rampage in the city.
Meanwhile, Kai is being held prisoner by a race of underground people who have lived underground since the destruction of the dinosaurs. It is these underdwellers who have sent the lizard-like monster, whom they call Telesdon, to destroy the human world so that they can once again rule on surface. Telesdon fled underground to avoid being blinded by the sun's light.
Soon, a game of "cat and mouse" is set up to lure Telesdon to the surface to be blinded by natural lights, but the trick doesn't work as Telesdon was not weak against other forms of light. After a scuffle with the underground people, Kenichi Kai turned into Ultraman Powered and went to the surface to fight Telesdon.
As Powered and Telesdon were fighting, WINR attempted to blind the creature with magnesium flares. After the flares were fired in Telesdon's face, Powered used the Mega Spacium Beam to destroy him.
Cast[]
- Kenichi Kai: Kane Kosugi
- Russel Edlund: Harrison Page
- Theresa Beck: Sandra Guibord
- Julie Young: Robyn Bliley
- Rick Sanders: Rob Roy Fitzgerald
Guest Actors[]
- Kyle Morrison: Alex Nevil
- Seismologist: Judy Jean Berns
- Army Officer: John Towey
- Sun People's Leader: Bruce Spaulding Fuller
- Sun People:
- Jim Eustermann
- Kevin Hudson
Japanese Dub[]
- Kenichi Kai: Toshiyuki Morikawa
- Russel Edlund: Kenji Utsumi
- Theresa Beck: Keiko Toda
- Julie Young: Aya Hisakawa
- Rick Sanders: Masashi Ebara
- Kyle Morrison: Ken Narita
- Seismologist: Tamie Kubota
- Army Officer: Toshihiko Kojima
- Sun People: Masaaki Tsukada
Suit Actors[]
- Ultraman Powered: Scott Rogers
Appearances[]
Ultras[]
Kaiju[]
Trivia[]
- This episode is based on episode 22 "Overthrow the Surface" from Ultraman.
- The city models, which were criticized by Tsuburaya Productions in the first episode "On a Mission from M78", were significantly improved in this episode. This included adding finer details to the house models, such as attaching various printed materials and advertisements on the inside of windows, or shaping tissues to resemble small curtains. Shadows were also added to enhance the realism of light shining through windows at night. Additionally, the billboards and the backs of the signs were reinforced with truss structures for stability. To further enhance the quality of the models, safety ladders were installed to reflect human-scale proportions."
Errors[]
- At 22:38, a wire is seen blowing up as one of the explosion igniters are activated on Telesdon.
| Ultraman: The Ultimate Hero Episodes | |
|---|---|
| 1. On a Mission from M78 | 2. Attack Kemular From Behind | 3. A Quartet of Creatures | 4. The Dark Past | 5. Monstrous Meltdown | 6. The Dada Effect | 7. Devils from the Crypts | 8. A Father's Love | 9. The Fires Beneath | 10. Deadly Starfish | 11. Dino Might | 12. Falling Stars Spell Trouble | 13. The Final Showdown? | |