The Green Terror is the second episode of Ultraseven.
Synopsis[]
A strange metallic rock lands outside the home of Agent Ishuguro, one of the Ultra Guard members. Having spent six months in solitude aboard Space Station V3, Ishuguro returns to Earth for vacation. Escorting him home, Moroboshi spies the large, peculiar space rock. Using his telepathic powers, he recognizes it as being from another planet.
Later that night, agent Ishuguro transforms into a blood-drinking plant creature. He roams the street killing passersby who eventually come back to life as plant monsters know as Alien Waiell who likewise spread the contagion.
Cast[]
- Dan Moroboshi/Ultraseven : Kohji Moritsugu
- Anne Yuri : Yuriko Hishimi
- Shigeru Furuhashi : Sandayu Dokumamushi
- Kaoru Kiriyama : Shoji Nakayama
- Soga : Shinsuke Achiha
- Amagi : Bin Furuya
- Takenaka : Kenji Sahara
- Ueno : Yoshio Katsube
Guest Actors[]
- Tatsuo Ishiguro : Asao Matsumoto
- Mitsuko Ishiguro : Machiko Naka
- Shizu : Kyoko Mori
- Drunken Person : Senkichi Omura
- Mail Delivery Person : Kazuo Suzuki
Voice Actors[]
- Narrator : Hikaru Urano
Suit Actors[]
- Ultraseven : Koji Uenishi
Appearances[]
Ultras[]
Kaiju[]
Home Media[]
- Ultraseven Volume 1 features episodes 1-4.
1999 release
2009 release
Trivia[]
- As with The Secret of the Lake, the "Unaired Edition" of the episode (released in the Blu-ray Box) features no silhouettes used in the intro compared to the final release.
The cover of the script for the main series, still titled Redman.
- In this episode, the name "Ultraseven" is mentioned for the first time by Anne.
- During the preparatory phase of the series, still referred to as Redman, the script for this episode already existed.
- Ishiguro and his wife traveled to Hakone on the Odakyu Romancecar 3100 series NSE train. The scene filmed "inside a tunnel" took place during nighttime at the Odakyu Kōdō Train Garage. Since it wasn't possible to stop the train inside an actual tunnel, the crew chose a garage with railway tracks that offered a certain degree of flexibility for filming. The scene where Dan and Anne rescued a woman from the train carriage was filmed at the seventh tunnel of the Hakone Tozan Line. Due to the absence of overhead cables on the railway tracks, the Romancecar couldn't operate on that line at the time, only diesel trains were running.[1][2]
The man behind the window of Pointer.
- In the concluding scene of this episode, the silhouette of a man wearing a black long-sleeved shirt is seen reflected in the window behind Pointer, prompting some speculation about paranormal phenomena. However, later, this man was widely regarded as a staff member, likely because he seemed to notice the direction of the camera and turned his head slightly towards the front door, taking a small step in that direction. Consequently, as the actors commenced their performance, he found himself inadvertently stuck in place, unable to move. [3]Yuriko Hishimi clarified that the man was simply a staff member whose silhouette happened to be captured by the camera. In subsequent versions released after restoration, the image of the man has been deleted.
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