The Man Who Wanted to Be Ultraman
1993, English. Directed by Rokuro Sugimura.
Hiroshi Asami has been working at Tsuburaya Productions for nearly 20 years. He is a member of the special effects team who both creates and wears kaiju costumes, making him an expert on how they move. As a seasoned veteran of the Ultraman Series, Hiroshi is involved in the production of a new movie. However, when it is decided to replace the traditional kaiju costumes with CGI to make the film more internationally appealing, he is removed from the team and transferred to another department.
- Runtime
- 1h 54m
- Post-credits
- None listed
- Language
- English
- Rated
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Cast & crew
- Rokuro SugimuraDirector
- Tetsuya TakedaHiroshi Asami
- Kyōzō NagatsukaMasanori Teramura
- Toshinori OmiJunichi Yoshida
- Shinobu SatôYoko Asami
- Ichirō OguraCast
- Tappei ShimokawaGeneral Director Natsume
- Shingo HiramatsuCast
- Kimihiro ReizeiCast
- Ken'ichi IshiiAikawa
- Akitoshi OhtakiUltraman
- Ryuji MatsuokaBossdon
- Tatsumi NikamotoUltraman Leo
Details
- Released
- 18 October 1993
- Country
- Japan
- Written by
- Mamoru Sasaki
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The Man Who Wanted to Be Ultraman runs 114 minutes (1h 54m).
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The Man Who Wanted to Be Ultraman isn’t streaming on any OTT platform in India yet; it released on 18 October 1993. (Checked 14 November 2026.)
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Who directed The Man Who Wanted to Be Ultraman?
The Man Who Wanted to Be Ultraman (1993) was directed by Rokuro Sugimura and stars Tetsuya Takeda, Kyōzō Nagatsuka, Toshinori Omi.