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Urutora Q - SOS Fuji-san
episode 7 / Ultra Q - SOS Mount Fuji
Japan 1966
produced by Tsuburaya Productions/TBS
directed by Toshihiro Iijima
starring Kenji Sahara, Yasuhiko Saijo, Hiroko Sakurai, Dai Kanai, Eishiro Takashima, Kazuko Ichikawa, Jun Hongo, Satomi Tachibana, Jiro Yamazaki, Haruno Tick (= Tik Haruno), Haruno Tack (= Shigeo Takamatsu), and as monster: Haruyoshi Nakamura
written by Kitao Senzoku (= Toshihiro Iijima), Tetsuo Kinjo
TV-series Ultra Q
review by Mike Haberfelner
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Our trio of reporters (Kenji Sahara,
Hiroko Sakurai, Yasuhiko Saijo) are convinced that Mount Fuji will break
out any day now, but they're in need of a good hook for a story - so
they're more than happy to accompany Mitsuko (Kazuko Ichikawa) on her
expedition to the mountain to find her brother Takeru (Eishiro Takashima),
who has disappeared in the region 15 years ago, and who has grown up
completely in the wild. Thing is, Mount Fuji has since spat out a few
pieces of rock that have convened to create a giant rock monster (that
conveniently borrows Godzilla's
battle cry and that ... well, is just a threat to everybody. And of
course, when our heroes are attacked by the monster, Takeru shows up,
throws himself onto the monster, finds it's Achilles' heel, and ultimately
saves the day. Oh, and there are avalanches as well ... Now I
won't lie, I really liked the monster in this episode, which really looks
like a fish head with arms and legs, and I also liked how it was only
gradually revealed. Thing is, the story as such of this episode is rather
less than special, lacking any real depth that goes beyond cliché. It's
some fun still, but definitely less than memorable.
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