My Beloved Ultraseven

is a docudrama that aired on NHK in two parts on February 13 and February 20 in 1993. It is a dramatization of the production of the 1967 series Ultraseven, written by Shinichi Ichikawa, who was a writer for the original show. It mainly focuses on actress Yuriko Hishimi, who played Anne Yuri.
==Synopsis==
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In the 1960s, a young production team projected their dreams onto the production of Ultraseven on the Tsuburaya Productions stage. However, just a month into filming Ultraseven, a traffic accident occurred, tragically leading to the death of the scriptwriter, Akai, and serious injuries to the actress playing Anne, Hishimi. This sudden news shocked everyone. The unfinished script was completed by the emerging writer, Shinichi Ishikawa.
Yuriko, a female student studying physical education at university with aspirations of becoming a sports teacher, took on a part-time job at the filming location of Ultraseven. However, Director Mitsuda noticed her and chose her to temporarily fill in as the lead actress for the character "Anne Yuri".
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As the filming of Ultraseven drew to a close, Kinjo had been concealing his Okinawan identity. While living on the Honshu, he felt troubled because he wanted to write a story about Ultraseven, who, like him, was also a "stranger". However, the script for the final episode, "The Biggest Invasion in History", faced difficulties.
At this time, Yuriko, at the request of Moritsugu's former girlfriend, Naoko, agreed to hide Michael, an American deserter abandoned on the battlefield of the Vietnam War. This entangled Moritsugu and Nishimura as well. They planned to hide the deserter inside the costume of the monster Pandon and arrange for his departure during the outdoor shooting of the final episode. However, this plan depended on Kinjo completing the script.
==Cast==
Character 	Real Life Counterpart	Actor
Yuriko Hishimi / Anne Yuri 	Yuriko Hishimi 	Eriko Tamura
Kohji Moritsugu / Dan Moroboshi	Kohji Moritsugu 	Yu-ki Matsumura
Naoko Fuyuki 	N/A 	Kaoru Hyuga
Shozo Uehara 	Shozo Uehara 	Toru Nakamura
Shinichi Ishikawa 	Shinichi Ichikawa 	Teruyuki Kagawa
Tetsuo Kinjo 	Tetsuo Kinjo 	Shiro Sano
Onisuke Akai 	Onisuke Akai 	Mineaki Hata
Hiroko Naito 	N/A 	Mika Kaneko
Takano 	Koichi Takano 	Tomorowo Taguchi
Kumagai 	Ken Kumagai 	Yosuke Nakajima
Haruko 	N/A 	Lioness Asuka
Kiriyama 	Shoji Nakayama 	Ryo Hayami
Amagi 	Bin Furuya 	Shunji Matsudo
Furuhashi 	Iyoshi Ishii 	Seigen Nakayama
Ryuji Muro 	Koji Uenishi 	Kenjiro Nashimoto
Soga 	Shinsuke Achiha 	Toshikazu Fukawa
Mitsuta 	Kazuho Mitsuta 	Sansei Shiomi
Takuya Sakai 	N/A 	Tetsuya Bessho
Security Guard 	N/A 	Hideyo Amamoto
Bunta 	N/A 	Naoya Ban
Yachiyo 	N/A 	Atsuko Jouraku
Mikuni 	Yoji Hashimoto 	Ichiro Zaitsu
Eiji Tsuburaya 	Eiji Tsuburaya 	Seijun Suzuki
Mitsuyo Kinoshita 	N/A 	Miho Takada
Kyoko 	N/A 	Yu Akagi
Ultraseven 	N/A 	Hiroyuki Okano
Suit actors 	N/A 	Kazunori YokooToshio MiyakeKazushi Takahashi
Michael 	N/A 	Ryan Purgess
MP 	N/A 	Andrew J. Thatcher
Woman selling poetry books 	N/A 	Yuriko Hishimi
Pianist 	N/A 	Yoshiya Koga
Detectives 	N/A 	Hiroyoshi AsakawaKazumasa Takemoto
==Staff==
*Writer: Shinichi Ichikawa
*Director: Mikio Sato
*Music: Akira Miyagawa
==Home Media==
The docudrama first released on LaserDisc and VHS. On October 23, 2002, it was released on a two disc DVD set.https://web.archive.org/web/20121202220704/http://www.vap.co.jp/u-seven/aishita.html
My Beloved Ultraseven DVD 2.png|VHS
My Beloved Ultraseven DVD 1.jpg|DVD
==Gallery==
===Images===
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==Trivia==
*The series includes the filming of an unproduced Ultraseven episode titled "Revenge of 300 Years", with new suits for Alien Talk and Armored Human.
*The UG actors mainly refer to each other by the names of their characters, and so are credited as such.
==External Links==
*Page on NHK's website
==References==
Category:Heisei Series
Category:Docudramas
Category:Ultraseven