Return of Ultraman: Jiro Rides a Monster

Japan Release: 1972
Running Time:
25 minutes

Return of Ultraman: Jiro Rides a Monster


Japanese Title

帰ってきたウルトラマン次郎くん怪獣に乗る
[Kaettekita Urutoraman Jiro-kun Kaiju ni Noru]

Distributor: Production:

Toho
Tsuburaya Productions / TBS

When Jiro swings by to ask a friend if she could play, he finds a strange box that contains a personal belonging of Yoshiko–only for it to vanish when Go takes it with him for an inspection of an unmanned space station. When Go returns without the box, he's scolded for being too preoccupied with the box, only to realize that the space station has suddenly disappeared! Things become frantic when Jiro is trapped within the downed space station, which MAT comes to realize too late that it is inhabited by the hermit crab monster, Yadokarin. With a monster on the loose and a boy trapped inside, how will MAT–or Ultraman–be able to resolve the situation...

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Titles

International Title

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Initial US Title

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Alternate Titles

Return of Ultraman: Jiro Rides a Monster
[Literal translation]

 


Monsters

Yadokarin
Yadokarin



Aliens, SDF & Misc.

MAT Space Arrow
MAT Space Arrow
MAT Gyro
MAT Gyro

Staff

Cast

Directed by Eizo Yamagiwa
Writing credits Shigemitsu Taguchi
Produced by Hajime Tsuburaya, Yoji Hashimoto
Music by Toru Fuyuki
Cinematography by Kiyoshi Suzuki
Film Editing by Yoshihiro Yanagawa
Production Design by Yoshimasa Kuriyama, Noriyoshi Ikeya, Akihiko Takahashi
Assistant Director Shohei Tojo
Director of Special Effects Kazuo Sagawa
Assistant Directors of Special Effects Mamoru Komori, Minoru Nakano, Sadao Iizuka, Sadashige Tsukamoto
Hideki Go Jiro Dan
Ryu Ibuki, MAT Captain Negami Atsushi
Takeshi Minami Shunsuke Ikeda
Ippei Ueno Hatashi Mitsushi
Yuriko Oka Mika Katsuragi
Fumio Kishida Ken Nishida
Ken Sakata Shin Kishida
Jiro Sakata Kawaguchi Hideki
Yoshiko Ishii Chiyoko
Yoshiko's Father Shinpei Sakamoto
Yoshiko's Mother Reiko Nakagawa
Narrator Akira Nagoya

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Background and Trivia

  • Featured as part of the Toho Champion Festival during the spring of 1972. Was screened alongside: Tensai Bakabon, Hutch the Honeybee: In Mama's Embrace, Mock of the Oak Tree, Mirrorman (1972) and Godzilla vs. Gigan (1972).
  • Footage is standard ratio blow-up of Episode 29 of Return of Ultraman, "Jiro Rides a Monster".