Bin Furuya: Ultraman
Susumu Kurobe: Shin Hayata
Akihide Tsuzawa: Isamu Hoshino
Masanari Nihei: Mitsuhiro Ide
Akiji Kobayashi: Captain Muramatsu
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While investigating two glowing ball-like UFOs chasing each other, Science Patrol officer Hayata is killed when one of the UFOs accidentally crashes into the Mini-VTOL he rode. The being inside, a giant silver & red alien from the Land of Light in the Nebula M78, feels terrible for the accident he caused. So he makes it up to Hayata by combining his own life-force with that of the Earthman, thus bringing him back to life. He also gives him a marker-like device called the Beta Capsule, with which in times of crisis, Hayata secretly transforms into the giant alien, heretofore known as Ultraman!
Trivia
-> This movie compilation of "Urutoraman: Kûsô tokusatsu shirîzu" (1966) was distributed by Toho Company Ltd. as a co-feature for their then-latest SF/monster film, _Kingukongu no gyakushu (1967)_.
-> One of the few films for Toho Company Ltd. (the film's distributor) to have a fanfare in its logo at the beginning.
-> This compilation film was originally intended to be an all-original feature-length film entitled "Ultraman - Operation: Giant" ("Urutoraman - Jaianto Sakusen"), which featured the Baltan Aliens as the main villains. Although a complete screenplay was written, the funding never materialized.
