Ultraman Franchise Gets 60th Anniversary Documentary Film
The documentary formalizes the franchise's cultural legacy by gathering both its original creators and its most prominent artistic inheritors in one project.
Reporting from 1 sources: Anime News Network.
Tsuburaya Productions announced a documentary film titled The Origin of Ultraman, opening July 3, to celebrate the tokusatsu franchise's 60th anniversary. The film covers the creation of the original series with archival footage and interviews with original cast, crew, and notable fans including Guillermo del Toro, Hideaki Anno, and Hideo Kojima. Hirokazu Kore-eda is credited as the documentary's planner.
Hirokazu Kore-eda, the acclaimed director of live-action films like Air Doll and Umimachi Diary, is credited as the planner for The Origin of Ultraman, a documentary that Tsuburaya Productions announced on April 20. The film uses archival footage of Eiji Tsuburaya directing the original series and interviews with surviving staff such as visual artist Tōru "Tohl" Narita and actors Susumu Kurobe and Hiroko Sakurai. On the fan side, the interview list includes Guillermo del Toro, Hideaki Anno, Shinji Higuchi, Hideo Kojima, and Nicolas Winding Refn, among others. The documentary opens July 3.
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- Anime News Network Ultraman Franchise Gets 60th Anniversary Documentary Film on July 3