The Two Ultramen is a docudrama film that aired on NHK General on April 28, 2022. It centers around Tetsuo Kinjo and Shozo Uehara, two writers who worked on the original Ultraman series, and also features interviews with other production staff.
Synopsis[]
In 1965, Shozo Uehara, a native of Okinawa, visited Tsuburaya Productions. There, he met the awaited screenwriter, his fellow Okinawan, Tetsuo Kinjo. Kinjo, with his genius ideas, was already writing scripts for Ultra Q. Eventually, centered around Eiji Tsuburaya and others, young directors gathered to create Ultraman.
As Okinawa's return to Japan drew near, Kinjo and Uehara embarked on their respective paths, carrying with them the words they exchanged: "Don't lose to the Japanese".[1]
Cast[]
- Tetsuo Kinjo: Shinnosuke Mitsushima
- Shozo Uehara: Takara Sakumoto
- Elderly Shozo Uehara: Mitsuru Hirata
- Hajime Tsuburaya: Munetaka Aoki
- Akio Jissoji: Reo Tamaoki
- Yuko Kinjo: Honami Kurashita
- Nariko Kinjo: Miyu Murata
- Kazuho Mitsuta: Naoki Ohashi
- Eiji Tsuburaya: Toshiki Ayata
Interviewees[]
- Kazuho Mitsuta
- Akira Tsuburaya
- Yuzo Higuchi
- Yoji Hashimoto
- Shigemitsu Taguchi
- Hiroko Kaneshiro
- Michiko Uehara
Staff[]
- Screenplay and director: Yuji Nakae
- Interview cooperation: Tsuburaya Productions, Chikuma Shobo
- Materials provided by: Tetsuo Kinjo Museum, Haebaru Town Tourist Association, Yuji Nishimura, Shinichiro Saito, Yasuo Higa, Ryukyu Kaiun Kaisha, Okinawa Prefectural Museum and Art Museum, Okinawa Times, Okinawa Television
- Producer: Mariko Arai
- Production: NHK Global Media Services
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![[2]](/wiki/File:The_Two_Ultraman_01.jpg "The Two Ultraman 01.jpg (338 KB)")
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