Plot Shin Ultraman
Shin Ultraman The Movie is a 2022 Japanese superhero kaiju film directed by Shinji Higuchi and written, co-produced, and co-edited by Hideaki Anno. A reimagining of Ultraman, the film is a co-production between Toho Studios and Cine Bazar, and presented by Tsuburaya Productions, Toho Co., Ltd., and Khara, Inc.
It is the 37th film in the Ultraman franchise, and the second reboot of a tokusatsu series to be adapted by Anno and Higuchi, after Shin Godzilla, with Shin Kamen Rider to follow in 2023.
Shin Ultraman – The Movie
The film stars Takumi Saitoh, Masami Nagasawa, Hidetoshi Nishijima, Daiki Arioka, and Akari Hayami, with Anno and Bin Furuya as Ultraman. In the film, an extraterrestrial accidentally kills a man while battling a giant monster and takes on his appearance and place.
Following the invasion of several giant lifeforms classified as the “S-Class Species”, the Japanese Government establish the S-Class Species Suppression Protocol to eliminate further threats. Shortly thereafter, the SSSP address the kaiju Neronga’s attack on Hatsukaichi, when a silver extraterrestrial giant dubbed “Ultraman” appears to defeat Neronga and save humanity, however, he inadvertently kills SSSP member Shinji Kaminaga during his battle with the kaiju.
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He subsequently takes Kaminaga’s appearance and place, leaving the real Kaminaga’s body in the forest where he died. Ultraman in the form of Kaminaga then bonds a friendship with SSSP analyst Hiroko Asami, but she is unaware of the original Kaminaga’s fate.
The subterranean kaiju Gabora arises from a rocky hillside in the Momoyama District of Kamikita City. In order to prevent the kaiju’s radioactivity from causing harm, Ultraman kills it and flies off with its radioactive corpse.
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Shortly thereafter, Zarab reveals himself, claiming the government has signed a peace contract with him, but the SSSP discovers that he is seeking to conquer the Earth. Zarab kidnaps Kaminaga and impersonates Ultraman to undermine his reputation and ruin his public image.
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Videos of these events surface online, revealing Kaminaga’s secret identity. Kaminaga unintentionally left his “Beta Capsule” device, which allows him to transform into Ultraman, with Asami, leading her to discover his true identity.
Asami frees Kaminaga from Zarab but is captured by Zarab herself. Kaminaga transforms into Ultraman, saving Asami, exposing Zarab’s disguise, and cutting the alien in two with the “Ultra Slash”.
My first exposure to Ultraman, I didn’t understand a single thing yet I understood everything. Beautiful Movie. thank you hideki an
XD My favorite quote from this movie: “Is he clothed or Naked?” – Yumi Funaberi | Why? Because it got me questioning if Ultraman is really clothed or naked.
I liked the movie and it’s overall message nearly brought me to tears, but here’s a few things i would have done better:
– This is clearly meant to be a reboot film of sorts. Man and Zoffy still have the same names as their canon counterparts. So why are all the human names different from THEIR season 1 canon counterparts? It’s inconsistent and makes no sense. Either fix the humans names, or make the Ultras names completely new.
– The pacing is way too fast. Holy crap this movie expects you to keep up with the fastest talking I’ve seen in a movie. It feels less like a movie and more like they just tried to cram season 1’s highlights into 2 hours, because every scene feels like an episodic mini-episode not all that connected to the other scenes. That’s a cool idea, and it’s something I WANT to see in a reboot film, but it could have been executed better. I think if they trimmed out some of the more unimportant bits, or just made the movie longer, it would have been much easier to absorb what was in the movie.
– We didn’t even get to see the fusion on screen. Why? Show, don’t tell.
– We also didn’t get to see the entire world coming together to beat Zetton, and instead it was only implied by that one guy speaking English with a metaverse headset on. Again, why? Again, show, don’t tell.
Ultraman does have a different name, Ultraman Lipiah or Ripiah depending on the subtitles, but yeah you are right about Zoffy being the same
how come it’s subtitled twice? like… just watch people talk for a second, you’ll see what i mean.
Fixed it.
It has 2 subtitle and it’s blocking the screen
Fixed it.
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good
Ohhhh, finally!
Why does it have 2 subtitles?
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