Underplayed Gems

Ultraman Story (1984)

Ultraman Story poster
Original title
ウルトラマン物語
Directed by
Kōichi Takano
Genre
action, adventure, family, science fiction
Country
Japan
Runtime
1h 33m
Rating
6.6 of 10 from 8 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb
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How it feels

This film compiles and re-edits footage from the 1970s Ultraman TV series Ultraman Ace and Ultraman Taro into a new story. It follows a young boy who befriends the giant hero Ultraman Taro and gets drawn into battles against monster forces threatening Earth.

epicaction-packednostalgiclightheartedfantasticalheroicfamily-friendlyclassic

What happens

Ultraman, also known as the Ultra Series (ウルトラシリーズ, Urutora Shirīzu), is a Japanese science fiction media franchise owned and produced by Tsuburaya Productions, which began with the television series Ultra Q in 1966. The franchise has expanded into many television shows, films, comic books, and other media publications, becoming one of the most prominent productions in the Japanese tokusatsu and kaiju genres and pioneering the Kyodai Hero subgenre. The Ultraman series is centered on a fictional alien race of superheroes who often combat kaiju or other aliens. In Japan, the Ultraman brand generated $7.4 billion US dollars in merchandising revenue from 1966 to 1987. This makes it one of the highest-grossing media franchises of all time. Ultraman was the world's third top-selling licensed character in the 1980s, largely due to his popularity in Asia. References to Ultraman are abundant in Japanese popular culture, much like references to Superman in Western culture. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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