Tokyo Reborn: Dark Superstar

Chapter 22 The Creation of Adam

The filming of the important plot of Chapter 25 "Devil's Trial" has ended.

The side plot of "Ultraman Tega" about the Kirialodians has basically entered the final stage.

What remains below is a giant special shot of the Balrog warrior Kiri Elold II and Ultraman Tiga fighting in the Tokyo metropolitan area.

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Kyriarod is one of the most handsome villains in the Heisei series.

No matter in terms of strength, appearance, or even the story background of his appearance, he is very impressive.

After being defeated by Tiga for the first time, the Kirialodians realized the power of the people, so they used "angels" to launch a public opinion offensive and make a comeback.

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The Balrog Warrior Kirialod II is truly a terrifying enemy.

He has a triple combat form specifically designed to restrain Ultraman Tiga, and he is also good at controlling public opinion and manipulating people's hearts.

A hero cannot fight alone, there must be someone standing behind him to support him.

Ultraman Tiga, who lost people's support, was in a sluggish state and fell into defeat for a time.

Fortunately, Captain Megumi sacrificed his life and promptly exposed the Kirialod people's conspiracy to control public opinion, making people realize who the real devil is...

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The crew of Ultraman Tiga Kamakura has newly built a miniature city set.

General supervisor Hiromi Muraishi and on-site director Akio Minoru were making the final arrangements, while Gondo Shunsuke and Takakura Bunta were listening.

Takakura Bunta and the on-site director Akio Mizouji checked the positioning again, and filming officially started.

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In addition to the high cost, the huge special-shot fighting scenes also require extremely high physical fitness of the leather actors.

These customized leather holsters for Ultraman, spacemen, and monsters can weigh 10 to 30 jins. Some large headgear generally weigh 10 jins, which is equivalent to the weight of a shot put on the head, and it is easy to be injured.

Not only do you have to wear this kind of holster for a whole day, but you also have to perform dozens of sets of difficult fighting moves with other holster actors.

The final result of a set of actions on TV only lasts a few seconds, but it takes more than a dozen shots to shoot.

Several models of landmarks such as the Tokyo Tower, Tokyo Metropolitan Government Building, Sensoji Temple, Tokyo Dome, Tokyo Olympic Stadium, TBS TV Headquarters Building, and Haneda International Airport in the miniature city must be backed up.

When filming was not going well, these architectural models would be destroyed more than a dozen times in one scene.

For example, filming the 5th episode of "Ultraman Ace" "Total Destruction!" When "The Five Ultra Brothers" (Total Destruction! The Five Ultra Brothers).

The complex on-site lens scheduling and continuous NG caused "the whole of Tokyo to be destroyed twice" and the cost of shooting a single episode increased five times.

Miniature city props are expensive and cannot be reused, which is an important reason for the high cost of giant special photography.

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During the filming of episode 25 "Devil's Trial".

The Fire Demon Warrior Kirialod II has three forms.

In the normal form, the combat effectiveness is increased several times, and the strength and speed are stronger than Ultraman Tiga;

Powerful type, with swollen muscles, a stronger body, sharp armor standing up, sharp protrusions on both wrists, greatly improving strength, defense, and melee attack output. Use overwhelming strength to crush Ultraman Tiga's powerful form at will;

The aerial type retains the same characteristics as the powerful type, but has huge purple wings growing from its back. His flying speed exceeded that of Ultraman Tiga's air type, and he successfully defeated Tiga in an aerial battle;

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In this case, three actors in leather suits should normally play the roles respectively to ensure the filming progress.

However, all the crew's funds were spent on props and main actors. After the actor with the leather suit left the cast, four more people left the cast.

Hiromi Muraishi even asked the Super Sentai crew to borrow holsters for actors, and manpower was really tight.

Therefore, Balrog Warriors Kiri Elode II and Tsuburaya increased their single-episode remuneration by 50%. The workload of these three leather actors was entrusted to Takakura Bunta.

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Through the physical strength of the strongest creatures in the sea, land and air, use the method of "life return".

During the break between filming, Bunta Takakura drank three liters of mineral water and ate a large amount of chocolate bars and dried meat brought to him by Takami Yoshimoto and Shoichi Furuya to withstand such high-intensity filming.

General Supervisor Hiromi Muraishi couldn't help but be impressed when he saw Bunta Takakura completing the workload of three leather actors by himself.

The entire crew is more respectful to Takakura Bunta and truly treats him with the courtesy and etiquette of a central axis actor.

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Facing the three forms of Kyriarod II, he was crushed.

The most important part of this episode is the resurrection of Tiga at the end, which is often called "the prototype of Shining Tiga".

The bond between humans and Tiga established in the devil's prophecy in Chapter 3, in layman's terms, gives Tiga extraordinary power through the method of transmitting light through "support".

The further development of this concept also laid the foundation for the appearance of Shining Tiga in the finale of Chapter 52.

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After Captain Megumi sacrificed his life to expose the truth about the "angel" and broke the control of public opinion by the Kirialodians.

The awakened people brought flashlights and turned on their car lights to provide "physical" rescue to Tiga who had lost his fighting ability.

Through physical light sources such as flashlights and car lights, the "light of hope" of mankind is delivered to Tiga who has lost his power in the form of "support".

Ultraman Tiga is the most idealistic giant of light. The more people trust him and the more people are willing to give him light, the stronger he will be.

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On-site director Akio Mizoji once again demonstrated his epic lens language and compositional abilities.

Created the world famous painting "The Creation of Adam" in the history of special photography.

According to the script by the scriptwriter Chiaki Konaka, this scene is about Tiga standing up on his own after receiving human light.

There is no such painting next to him, and after defeating the enemy, he nods slightly and leaves. This is not like giving a thumbs up to humans in TV.

It can be said that such Tiga is full of divinity.

However, under the arrangement of the on-site director Akio Mizoji, such a painting was added next to Tiga sitting up.

Moreover, Tiga corresponds to the position of Adam. It was humans who created Tiga, and it was humans who saved Tiga.

In the end, Diga gave everyone a thumbs up before leaving.

Here, Tiga not only embodies divinity, but also humanity, with divinity and humanity coexisting.

General Supervisor Hiromi Muraishi and TBS TV station Koichi Takano also believe that this plot change will make it more immersive from the perspective of ordinary viewers.

Thus, the tone of the scene was determined.

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Tiga, who was resurrected and strengthened by humans with light (a harbinger of the appearance of Shining Tiga), used the Zapelio light to destroy the Balrog warrior Kirialod II.

After filming this huge fighting scene, Takakura Bunta's part in the "Ultraman Tega" crew was basically finished. It took another two days to shoot a few more scenes and then moved out of the crew dormitory.

Tony Futaki left the crew two weeks ago to film a work for Poseidon Pictures and collaborated with Ikuko Iijima.

Takami Yoshimoto and Shoichi Furuya are implemented by Bunta Takakura.

The three of them came to the green onion grill restaurant on Komachi Street in Kamakura.

On the wall-mounted TV in Kamakura Sion Yaki Restaurant, the last episode of "Neon Genesis Evangelion" premiered on TV Tokyo is playing.

Episode 26 "The center of the world, Take care of yourself." (The beast that calls out for love in the center of the world)

The three of them ate Kamakura seafood, had a drink, and agreed to meet again in Tokyo later...

(End of this chapter)