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HANUMAN VS. 7 ULTRAMAN

Sompote Saengduenchai

Japan, Thailand1h 20European premiere Action Science-Fiction

Synopsis

Celebrating the fiftieth anniversary of Ultraman, the Japanese superhero created by the father of Godzilla, Eiji Tsuburaya, Zeno Pictures exhumes a bizarre gem : the trip of the monster slayer to Thailand.
It’s the Thai Ed Wood, Sompote Saengduenchai, former assistant of Tsuburaya who has always claimed to be the creator of the Ultraman-look, who will direct the movie in his wildest psychedelic ( 1974! ) style.
He summons the entire Ultra family, at that time composed of six brothers, and under the guidance of the Ultra-mother, teams them up with a mythological Buddhist character, Hanuman, well loved by the Thais. Hanuman will even get the ability to become a giant ( 40 meters! ), in the same way the Ultra’s do it.
It results in cinematographic madness, a crazy mess of science-fiction, giant monsters, reincarnation, popular beliefs, epic scenes ( Hanuman fighting the sun in his charriot!) taken from Buddist and Hindu myths that will of course culminate in a titanic melee that even the most outrageous of the World Wrestling Entertainment scriptwriters could not imagine, where five giant monsters, six Ultra’s and Hanuman fight it out!

Trailer

Director
Sompote Saengduenchai
Country
Japan, Thailand
Premiere
European premiere
Running time
1h 20
Cast
Ko Kaeoduendee, Yodchai Meksuwan, Pawana Chanajit
Edition
Edition 2016

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