Shin Ultraman (2022)
Shin Ultraman (2022)
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Cast & Crew.
Takumi Saitoh
Shinji Kaminaga
Masami Nagasawa
Hiroko Asami
Hidetoshi Nishijima
Kimio Tamura
Daiki Arioka
Akihisa Taki
Akari Hayami
Yumi Funaberi
Tetsushi Tanaka
Tatsuhiko Munakata
Koji Yamamoto
Mefilas
Ryo Iwamatsu
Hajime Komuro
Kyūsaku Shimada
Taishi Okuma
Keishi Nagatsuka
Hayasaka
Toru Masuoka
Kunihiko Kariba
Shinji Higuchi
Director
Hajime Yamazaki
Seiichi Nakanishi
Hideaki Anno
Writer
Soko Wada
Kagami
Yutaka Takenouchi
Government Personnel
Takehiko Aoki
Producer
Issey Takahashi
Ultraman (voice)
Minami Ichikawa
Producer
Koichi Yamadera
Zōffy (voice)
Tomoya Nishino
Producer
Kenjiro Tsuda
Zarab (voice)
Shiro Sagisu
Composer
Bin Furuya
Ultraman ( Motion Capture) / Motion Actor
Katsuro Onoue
Co-Director
Ikki Todoroki
Co-Director / Storyboard Artist
Masayuki
Cinematographer
Kenshi Yonezu
Theme Song Performance
Keizō Suzuki
Director of Photography
Yuji Hayashida
Production Design
Eri Sakushima
Production Design
Yohei Kurihara
Editor
Media.
Details.
Release DateMay 13, 2022
Original Nameシン・ウルトラマン
StatusReleased
Running Time1h 52m
Budget$5,500,000
Box Office$34,441,594
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Shin Ultraman (シン・ウルトラマン, Shin Urutoraman) is a 2022 Japanese superhero film directed by Shinji Higuchi and written, co-produced, and co-edited by Hideaki Anno. A reimagining of the 1966 television series 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 Anno and Higuchi's second reimagining of a tokusatsu series, following Shin Godzilla (2016) and preceding Shin Kamen Rider (2023). The ensemble cast includes Takumi Saitoh, Masami Nagasawa, Daiki Arioka, Akari Hayami, Tetsushi Tanaka, and Hidetoshi Nishijima, with Anno and Bin Furuya as Ultraman. In the film, an extraterrestrial accidentally kills a man while battling a kaiju and takes on his appearance and place at the S-Class Species Suppression Protocol to protect Earth from further threats.
In the summer of 2017, Anno was tasked with writing a proposal for a trilogy of Ultraman productions by Takayuki Tsukagoshi, the future chairman of Tsuburaya Productions. A year after completing the plan for the trilogy on January 17, 2018, Anno wrote the first draft of Shin Ultraman's screenplay on February 5, 2019. However, his participation in the film had to be deferred until the completion of Evangelion: 3.0+1.0 Thrice Upon a Time (2021). Tsuburaya officially announced the film had begun production on August 1, 2019. Principal photography took place during late 2019 in Ibaraki Prefecture, Hiratsuka and Yokohama in Kanagawa Prefecture, Kōfu and Minobu in Yamanashi Prefecture, and Ichihara in Chiba Prefecture, and wrapped in November. Post-production was decelerated by the COVID-19 pandemic, resulting in editing taking roughly two-and-a-half years.
After being delayed from a summer 2021 release date due to the COVID-19 pandemic, Shin Ultraman premiered in Japan on May 13, 2022. The film grossed $34 million worldwide, becoming the sixth-highest-grossing Japanese film of 2022 and the most commercially successful Ultraman film. Critics praised its direction, characters, editing, cinematography, visual effects, musical score, and action sequences, but some criticized the screenplay's structure and perceived lack of themes. It received eight nominations at the 46th Japan Academy Film Prize, including Picture of the Year, and won three.