The Disappearance of Flight 206

Ultra Q, episode 27

Information

Airdate

July 3, 1966

Directed by

Koji Kajita

Written by

Ken Kumagai (original draft)
Tetsuo Kinjo
Hiroyasu Yamaura

Special Effects Directed by

Keiji Kawakami

Continuity
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The Disappearance of Flight 206 (206便消滅す, Ni Maru Roku Bin Shōmetsu-su) is the twenty-seventh episode of Ultra Q.

Plot[]

Returning from a pilot's conference in Hong Kong, Jun and Ippei's flight aboard a supersonic passenger jet is suddenly interrupted by a strange pocket of turbulence. The aircraft disappears from radar screens, as it is sucked into a great twisting whirlpool that appears in the sky. Waiting at Tokyo International Airport, Yuriko and Dr. Ichinotani fear that the worst has happened to Flight 206.

Aboard the jet, the passengers begin to regain consciousness and realize that the aircraft is no longer moving. Flight 206 now sits motionless in a vast expanse of clouds that stretch as far as the eye can see. A criminal aboard the plane succeeds in freeing himself from his guard, confiscating the man's gun in the process. He then forces Jun, Ippei, and the two pilots into leaving the plane to walk amongst the cloudy mist. They discover the remains of several World War II planes with the decaying bodies of the pilots still intact within the cockpits.

Seizing an opportunity, Jun tries to wrestle the gun from the criminal, accidentally wounding the pilots when the gun discharges. The criminal falls into an opening and is pulled beneath the clouds. Suddenly, a giant walrus-like creature called Todola emerges from the mist and pursues the men back to the aircraft. Jun now realizes the plane was pulled into the fourth dimension and that they must try to fly back out again.

With the pilots injured, Jun and Ippei activate the engines, repelling the approaching monster with the plane's powerful exhaust. They pilot Flight 206 out of the transdimensional pocket and back into Japanese air space, saving the crew and passengers.

Cast[]

Jun Manjome (万城目淳, Manjōme Jun): Kenji Sahara (佐原健二, Sahara Kenji)
Yuriko Edogawa (江戸川由利子, Edogawa Yuriko): Hiroko Sakurai (桜井浩子, Sakurai Hiroko)
Ippei Togawa (戸川一平, Togawa Ippei): Yasuhiko Saijo (西條康彦, Saijō Yasuhiko)
Professor Ichinotani (一の谷博士, Ichinotani-hakase): Ureo Egawa (江川宇礼雄, Egawa Ureo)
Assistant Honda (本多助手, Honda Joshu): Tadashi Okabe (岡部正, Okabe Tadashi)
Narrator (ナレーター, Nareta): Koji Ishizaka (石坂浩二, Ishizaka Kōji)

Guest Actors[]

Taro Orion (オリオン太郎, Orion Tarō): Nadao Kirino (桐野洋雄, Kirino Nadao)
Passengers (乗客, Jōkyaku):
- Wataru Omae (大前亘, Ōmae Wataru)
- Keisuke Yamada (山田圭介, Yamada Keisuke)
Stewardess Hideko Kimura (スチュワーデス・木村英子, Suchuwadesu Kimura Hideko): Miki Yashiro (八代美紀, Yashiro Miki)
Co-Pilot Nakamura (中村副操縦士, Nakamura Fuku Sōjūshi): Rinsaku Ogata (緒方燐作, Ogata Rinsaku)
Police Officer (刑事, Keiji): Haruo Suzuki (鈴木治夫, Suzuki Haruo)
Haneda Control Tower Controllers (羽田管制塔管制官, Haneda Kansei-tō Kansei-kan):
- Minoru Ito (伊藤実, Itō Minoru)
- Hideki Furukawa (古河秀樹, Furukawa Hideki)
Supervisor Kaneko (金子主任, Kaneko Shunin): Hiroshi Koizumi (小泉博, Koizumi Hiroshi)
Captain Iijima (飯島機長, Ījima Kichō): Hisaya Ito (伊藤久哉, Itō Hisaya)

Appearances[]

Kaiju[]

Todola

Home Media[]

Ultra Q Volume 7 features episodes 25-28, and Volume 8 Total Natural Color Blu-ray features episodes 26-28.

Ultra Q Episodes
1. Defeat Gomess! \| 2. Goro and Goroh \| 3. The Gift From Space \| 4. Mammoth Flower \| 5. Peguila is Here! \| 6. Grow Up! Little Turtle \| 7. S.O.S. Mount Fuji \| 8. Terror of the Sweet Honey \| 9. Baron Spider \| 10. The Underground Super Express Goes West \| 11. Balloonga \| 12. I Saw a Bird \| 13. Garadama \| 14. Tokyo Ice Age \| 15. Kanegon's Cocoon \| 16. Garamon Strikes Back \| 17. The 1/8 Project \| 18. The Rainbow's Egg \| 19. Challenge from the Year 2020 \| 20. The Undersea Humanoid Ragon \| 21. Space Directive M774 \| 22. Metamorphosis \| 23. Fury of the South Sea \| 24. The Idol of Goga \| 25. The Devil Child \| 26. Blazing Glory \| 27. The Disappearance of Flight 206 \| 28. Open Up!