Ultraman Dies at Sunset is the thirty-seventh episode of Return of Ultraman. This episode is the first Christmas episode, and it also features the deaths of Ken Sakata and Aki Sakata.
Synopsis[]
To conquer the Earth, an alien from Planet Nackle studies Ultraman's abilities, and tries to find a weakness of him all to defeat him for good.
Plot[]
Disguising himself as a staff of the Space Radio Wave Laboratory, Alien Nackle wanted to get Ultraman out of his way of Earth's invasion. First, he revived monsters Seagorath and Bemstar to analyze Ultraman's specs and powers, then he robbed MAT's newly invented gunpowder Saturn Z. Last of all, in order to disrupt Go's mind, he started a very dirty plan...
Cast[]
- Hideki Go : Jiro Dan
- Ryu Ibuki : Jun Negami
- Takeshi Minami : Shunsuke Ikeda
- Ippei Ueno : Ko Mitsui
- Yuriko Oka : Mika Katsuragi
- Fumio Kishida : Ken Nishida
- Jiro Sakata : Hideki Kawaguchi
- Aki Sakata : Rumi Sakakibara
- Ken Sakata : Shin Kishida
Guest Actors[]
- Alien Nackle : Masahiko Naruse
- Alien Nackle's Subordinates :
- Ko Hayami
- Mitsuru Sawa
- MAT Headquarters Operation Room Officer :
- Kiyoshi Yoshida
- Norio Toyota
- Doctor : Tadashi Okuno
Voice Actors[]
- Ultraman : Isao Yatsu
- Narrator : Akira Nagoya
Suit Actors[]
Appearances[]
Ultras[]
Kaiju[]
- Seagorath (Stock Footage)
- Bemstar (Stock Footage)
- Alien Nackle
- Black King
Home Media[]
- Return of Ultraman Volume 10 episodes 37-40.
2002 release
2010 release
Trivia[]
- This is physically the last appearance of Ken Sakata's actor, Shin Kishida until his death on December 28, 1982.
- This is the final appearance of the original Aki Sakata, since an alternate one who didn't die appeared in the 2008 film Great Decisive Battle! The Super 8 Ultra Brothers.
- Stock footage from the episodes, "Terror of the Tsunami Monsters, Tokyo's Big Pinch", "Terror of the Two Giant Monsters, Tokyo in a Giant Tornado", and "Ultraseven Arrives!" are used when Ultraman Jack fights the revived Seagorath and Bemstar.