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Urutora Q - The Underground Super Express Goes West
episode 10 / Ultra Q - The Underground Super Express Goes West
Japan 1966
produced by
Tsuburaya Productions/TBS
directed by Toshihiro Iijima
starring Kenji Sahara, Yasuhiko Saijo, Hiroko Sakurai, Susumu Ishikawa, Nobuo Tsukamoto, Tetsuo Yamamura, Aoto Aoyanagi, Tetsuo Kinjo, Teruo Matsuyama, Sachiko Mori, Takamitsu Nagasawa, Mitsuhiro Okada, Koen Okumura, Mari Saito, Setsuo Wakui, Yoko Yano, Chikao Otsuka, and as monster: Haruyoshi Nakamura
written by Kitao Senzoku (= Toshihiro Iijima), Hiroyasu Yamaura
TV-series
Ultra Q
review by
Mike Haberfelner
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Thanks to bumbling reporter Ippei (Yasuhiko Saijo), a suitcase
containing highly unstable artificial life called M1 makes it aboard the
new super-speed bullet train Inazuma instead of his camera case. The error
is quickly detected though and the suitcase is locked away in the train's
safe - but somehow M1 responds weirdly to the super-speed and develops
into a man-sized monster (Haruyoshi Nakamura), and the monster soon makes
it into the train's control room, causing havoc. Itachi (Tetsuo Yamamura),
a stowaway shoeshine boy, also makes it into the control room and manages
to warn headquarters so the engine is disconnected from the rest of the
train - so everybody's saved, but the monster and Itachi are still in the
engine, which races towards its terminal station without breaking, and
ultimately pretty much blows up the whole place. Fortunately, Itachi has
hidden in the safe - that got catapulted into the earth's orbit as a
consequence of the explosion - and so did M1, actually ... A
weird one, this: On one hand, the miniature work is really great and shows
great detail. And in terms of narration this episode shows a knack for
suspense for sure. On the other hand, the monster looks just really silly,
and the ending of both the monster and the kid in the safe orbiting earth
is just, erm, odd. It's a fun watch mind you, just not great TV - or one
of the better episodes of Ultra Q even.
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