The Secret of the Lake is the third episode of Ultraseven.
Synopsis[]
An unidentified object has landed somewhere near the Kiso Mountains. Dan and Furuhashi are sent to find any wreckage, or signs of life. They find a young girl swimming in Lake Azuma as well as a spaceship nearby. Both men go aboard the craft where they find a girl that looks exactly like the one they saw swimming in the lake. The two men are temporarily knocked unconscious by gas emitting from the walls of the ship. When Dan comes to, he realizes the Ultra Eye is missing. Without it, he can't turn into Ultraseven.
Not long after, a giant monster named Eleking emerges from Lake Azuma. Till he can locate the Ultra Eye, Dan uses one of his capsule monsters to send Miclas to battle the amphibious Eleking, a beast under the control of two insectoid twin aliens know as Alien Pitts posing as little girls with plans to wipe out all of mankind.
Cast[]
- Dan Moroboshi/Ultraseven : Kohji Moritsugu
- Anne Yuri : Yuriko Hishimi
- Shigeru Furuhashi : Sandayu Dokumamushi
- Kaoru Kiriyama : Shoji Nakayama
- Soga : Shinsuke Achiha
- Amagi : Bin Furuya
- Ueno : Yoshio Katsube
Guest Actors[]
- Alien Pitt : Reiko Takahashi
- Fisherman : Dai Kanai
Voice Actors[]
- Narrator : Hikaru Urano
Suit Actors[]
- Ultraseven : Koji Uenishi
- Eleking :
- Kunio Suzuki
- Fumio Ikeda
- Miclas : Toshihiko Saikyo
Appearances[]
Ultras[]
Kaiju[]
Home Media[]
- Ultraseven Volume 1 features episodes 1-4.
Trivia[]
- This episode actually marks the inaugural installment in the production sequence of the series. During the final stages of preparation, Yuriko Hishimi officially replaced Yoshiko Toyoura in the role of Anne. Due to tight scheduling, this episode was shot concurrently with the episode 2.
- As with The Green Terror, 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 script cover titled "The Beautiful Invader"
- During the preparatory phase of the series, still referred to as Redman, the script for this episode already existed. Furthermore, in the draft preparation, the episode is titled "The Beautiful Invader .
- Reiko Takahashi, who played Alien Pitt, still retains a copy of the script to this day.[1]
- This episode was later featured in Ultraman Retsuden episode 27 "The Secret of the Lake! Seven vs. Eleking!!"
- The Ultraman Orb episode, "Monstrous Waters", is a tribute to this episode.
- In 2022, in commemoration of the 55th anniversary of the Ultraseven series and to attract a broader audience to appreciate the charm of this classic series, TSUBURAYA IMAGINATION selected this episode and created a trailer named the "55th Anniversary Edition." The narration for this trailer was provided by Tomokazu Seki.[2]
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