10/22: Today in G-History
Reaper G
Earth", is born.
1932: MISAKO WATANABE, who played the second wife in the "Black Hair"
segment of "Kwaidan", is born in Tokyo.
1933: MITSUKO KUSABUE, who played Sobei in "The Lost World of Sinbad",
is born in Yokohama.
1939: SUSUMU KUROBE, who played Shin Hayata, the alter ego of
"Ultraman", reprising the role on "Ultraman Mebius", "Ultraman Mebius
and Ultra Brothers", and "The Superior 8 Ultraman Brothers", is born.
Ironically, Japan’s most famous superhero played many villains in his
career -- the assassin with the mustache in "Ghidrah -- the Three-
Headed Monster", a Who henchman in "King Kong Escapes", the airplane
navigator in "Son of Godzilla", a Monsterland staff member in "Destroy
All Monsters", Chin in "Latitude Zero", "Little Superman Gunbaron",
Berlock on "Megaloman", "Ultraman 80", Dr. Kuromatsu on "Kamen Rider
Black", Dr. Oniyoshi Kuroda on "Special Rescue Police Winspector",
"Ultra Q: The Movie", a bank security guard in "Ultraman Zearth",
"Ultraman Zearth 2", a general in "Godzilla vs. Megaguirus", and Chief
Tomioka in "Ultraman Max". Kurobe also appeared on "Space Sheriff
Gavan" and "Reigo: The Deep-sea Monster vs. the Battleship Yamato",
and was in "None But the Brave" and played Wing Fat, the main villain
in "What’s Up, Tiger Lily?" His daughter, Takami Yoshimoto, continued
his legacy by playing Rena Yamase on "Ultraman Tiga".
1950: SUMIKO ANDO is born. She played Hiroko Miyamoto in Episode 35 of
"Kamen Rider V3", Kyoko Saeki in Episode 23 of "Inazuman", Miki in
Episodes 9-10 and Yuki in Episode 31 of "Kamen Rider X", and Risa in
Episode 20 of "Kamen Rider Amazon", and was in Episode 41 of "Ultraman
Taro".
1960: SHIGERU MUROI, who played Sunakake Baba in "Kitaro" and "Kitaro
and the Millenium Curse", is born in Namerikawa, Toyama, Japan.
1961: TAKAAKI ICHIBASHI, who starred in "Ultraman Zearth" and
"Ultraman Zearth 2", is born. A friend of baseball star Hideo Nomo, he
also appeared in "Major League II" and "Major League III: Back to the
Minors".
1965: "Madame White Snake" is released in the U.S.
1967: Episode 4 of "Ultra Seven", "Max, Reply!", debuts on Japanese
TV.
1969: CUTEY SUZUKI, who was in “Space Hunter Miki”, is born in
Kawaguchi, Saitama, Japan.
1971: Episode 29 of "Return of Ultraman", "Jiro Rides a Monster",
debuts on Japanese TV.
1972: Episode 46 of "Mirrorman", "The Mirror of Love Cries in the City
of Death", debuts on Japanese TV.
Episode 30 of "Superhuman Barom-1" debuts on Japanese TV.
Episode 17 of "Iron King", "The Order to Assassinate Iron King",
debuts on Japanese TV.
1976: Episode 30 of "Space Ironmen: Kyodyne", "Your Number Is Up! The
Boy’s Prophecy Beckons Death", debuts on Japanese TV.
1977: Episode 26 of "JAKQ Blitzkrieg Squad", "An Invader!!? The
Enigmatic Space Pirate Ship", debuts on Japanese TV.
1979: Episode 22 of "Megaloman: Warrior of Fire", "The Death of
Seiji", debuts on Japanese TV.
1982: Episode 28 of "Space Sheriff Gavan", "Darkness in the Sea of
Space: The Witch Monika Awakens", debuts on Japanese TV.
1983: Episode 38 of "Science Squadron Dynaman" debuts on Japanese TV.
1988: Episode 34 of "Super Animal Squadron Liveman", "Love Runs Away
in the Future and the Present!", debuts on Japanese TV.
1993: Episode 35 of "Five-Star Squadron Dairanger", "A Prickly Maiden
Hunt", debuts on Japanese TV.
1995: Episode 37 of "Heavy Armored: Beetle Fighter" debuts on Japanese
TV.
2000: Episode 37 of "Kamen Rider Kuuga", "Approach", debuts on
Japanese TV.
"Tekkoku Mikazuki" premieres in Japan on TV.
2002: "The Complete Daimajin", a set of the Majin trilogy, and
"Monster from a Prehistoric Planet" are released on DVD in the U.S.
2004: "The Grudge" is released in the U.S. and Singapore.
"One Missed Call" premieres in Mexico in Mexico City.
2005: Episode 17 of "Ultraman Max", "Beauty on Ice", debuts on
Japanese TV.
"When someone dies in the grip of a powerful rage... a curse is born.
The curse gathers in that place of death. Those who encouter it will
be consumed by its fury."
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