Japanese Entertainment: From special effects actor to action superstar

Chapter 29 Narita Heng complains, the ordinary Wan Gu Sanzi

On Wednesday, the edited tape was sent to TBS, which held a preview and will officially broadcast it on Saturday.

However, Wangu couldn't sit still and would soon have to prepare for the preliminary work of the second episode.

After all, the time for weekly dramas is very tight, especially since Ultraman is a giant special effect, and each episode will use a large number of buildings and so on.

So we must prepare in advance to prepare for emergencies.

In the second episode, "Strike the Invaders", the opponent is the famous "Baltan Alien", also known as the Crayfish Alien, whose name comes from the "Balkan Peninsula".

Baltan is a hard worker and has appeared in many Ultraman series.

There was no filming work for Gu Ming today, but since there was nothing else to do, Gu Ming still came to the Wangu set.

When Gu Ming arrived, Cheng Tianheng was busy with several employees.

Gu Ming casually greeted him: "Mr. Narita, what are you busy with?"

"Oh! Ming, why are you here? You're really full of energy." Narita Heng gestured and explained briefly, "Because Ultra Q has a lot of leather suits left, I thought of modifying the old ones and taking them out for continued use. This one will be used in the filming soon."

The suit in front of you is the 'Cicada Human' that appeared in Ultra Q, and will later be transformed into the Baltan suit.

Gu Ming watched from the side for a while and felt particularly familiar.

Big pliers, pointy heads...

Well, the entire Baltan family was killed by the first Ultraman.

The first Ultraman, Ichibusum, killed the entire family of Baltan.

Seeing that Narita Heng seemed to be feeling sympathetic, Gu Ming asked, "Mr. Narita doesn't seem happy? Is it because of the change to Ultra Q's suit?"

"That's not the case." Narita Toru raised his hand and directed the staff to continue coloring before turning to Gu Ming.

Perhaps finding a place to vent, Narita Henton unleashed his frustrations: "It's so annoying, you know... The cicada man I designed was so perfect, but TBS wasn't satisfied and wanted to change it to its current form. Can you imagine how they did it? They actually gave my cicada man two giant claws! Damn, how could an alien look like that!"

Narita Toru is very disgusted with Baltan's suit!
In Narita Toru's opinion, the two iconic large pincers are absolutely destructive and completely destroy the human beauty of the cicada.

"If it weren't for Father Wangu's advice, I wouldn't have agreed even if TBS asked. How could they do such harm to my suit?"

Narita Heng finally felt relieved when he saw Gu Ming.

At least Gu Ming could satisfy him, as he was the actor he personally selected.

"Oh... by the way, I haven't introduced him to you yet." Narita Heng patted his forehead, pulled up an employee and showed him to Gu Ming.

"This is Wan Gujie, Dad's third son. He's currently working as a stagehand on the set. Little Jie, let's get to know each other a little bit."

Gu Ming looked at the young man in front of him. He looked to be about seventeen or eighteen years old, with a bit of naivety. He wore a pair of square-framed glasses and was a bit thin. He looked like a very elegant person.

Wan Gujie, unlike his two brothers, is a less eye-catching character, the kind of person who is not much noticed even many years later.

Mantani Ichi is a director of TBS and the eldest son that Mantani Eiji trusts the most. He has his own pursuit of art.

Strictly speaking, Wan Gu Yi is still an employee of TBS. He only works in Wan Gu as an "assistant in filming".

Wan Gu Ao came from Fuji TV and still works at Fuji TV. He just came back temporarily to help out. Although he does not have the photography level of Wan Gu Yi, he has an excellent business vision.

Compared with his two outstanding brothers, Wan Gujie is really ordinary.

It was so ordinary that the author couldn't find much information about it after searching the Japanese Internet. He only found out that during the filming of Ultraman, Wangu Jie was helping Wangu as a stagehand.

Of course, Gu Ming didn't even know who Wan Gujie was.

But since his last name is Wangu, it is easy to understand.

The two people shook hands and greeted each other.

"Brother Gugu's performance before was really outstanding." Wan Gujie smiled shyly and gestured slightly.

"Dad would sometimes talk to us about those fluent movements at night."

This was something Gu Ming had not expected.

"Will Mr. Mantani Eiji still mention me in private?"

Seeing Wan Gujie nod, Gu Ming grinned.

That's quite something to be proud of.

Wan Gujie blinked, looked at Gu Ming and said, "Brother Gugu, you don't really know martial arts, do you?" Gu Ming just smiled and didn't give a direct answer.

It is true that he has practiced martial arts, but Gu Ming does not think he is a professional.

Wan Gujie was about to say something else when Cheng Tianheng urged him on, "Alright, let's stop talking! Xiaojie, I told you last night to notify that Sato kid. Why hasn't he come yet?"

The leather case has been almost modified and is waiting for someone to wear it.

Wan Gujie sighed and felt a little embarrassed.

He had completely forgotten!
Narita Toru sighed helplessly.

What else can I do? I have to urge them again.

Because of his young age and being the third son of Wangu Eiji, Wanu Jie was taken care of in the crew and no one said anything harsh to him.

Wan Gujie knew he was embarrassed and quickly said he would go find someone right away.

Gu Ming had nothing else to do, so after a moment's thought, he also said hello to Narita Heng: "I'll go take a look too. After all, he's the actor I'll be acting opposite in the next episode."

Narita Heng waved his hand and didn't keep anyone.

Gu Ming and Wan Gujie left Wangu together.

Because Wangu is just a small company, there are no employee dormitories or anything like that. Currently, most people working at Wangu have a place to stay in Tokyo, or they are simply locals.

The other part is people that Eiji Mantani borrowed from Toho and even TBS through his connections.

Takeharu Sato was once a suit actor from Toho, but now he has left Toho along with Eiji Mantani and become a Mantani actor.

After making the call, Gu Ming and the others waited outside the door for a while, and then they saw Sato Takeji running over with sweat all over his face.

He was a man in his thirties, with a fairly strong physique.

"Xiao Jie, you've really killed me! Mr. Chengtian is a very fierce swearer!"

Sato Takeharu wiped his sweat, while Wan Gujie lowered his head in embarrassment.

Sato Takeharu then looked at Gu Ming.

"Who is this?"

Gu Ming introduced himself: "Gu Gu Ming, I am currently working as an Ultraman suit actor. This episode, I will be acting with Sato-kun."

Takeji Sato:......

No! Nakajima-san!
After comparing the heights and physiques of both parties, Sato Takeharu wanted to curse for a moment.

Yesterday evening, his senior at Toho, Haruo Nakajima, called him and asked him to help teach a boy named Akira Furuya a lesson.

Hearing that he was just a kid who didn't know the rules, Sato Takeji was thinking of a young man of eighteen or nineteen years old. In that case, he could bully the other person by just giving him a few words of scolding as a senior.

But I never thought he was such a macho man!
Teach Gu Ming a lesson?

It was almost enough that he was taught a lesson by Gu Ming!

"Brother Nakajima, it's not that I don't treat you as my brother, it's mainly because I really can't do this!"

Sato Takeji secretly complained, and in an instant, he showed an unexpected closeness to Gu Ming.

"So it's Furuya-kun! Oh my, this is really... Don't worry, I will do my best on my side too!"

Gu Ming could only feel suspicious in his heart.

Why do Japanese people like to try their best so much?

　By the way, when the first Ultraman was being filmed, except for Furuya Toshi who played the first Ultraman, many suit actors were replaced for other monsters... It was not because Tsuburaya was rich, but precisely because Tsuburaya had no money.

　　Because of lack of money, many suits are modified from Ultra Q suits, so the person can only adapt to the suit, rather than the suit adapting to the person. For this reason, after the suit is modified, people with similar physiques are usually found to play the role.

　　Therefore, during the filming of the first Ultraman, nearly twenty different suit actors were used, and many of them only played one monster.

　　Haruo Nakajima appeared in a few episodes, and Teruo Aragaki played almost half of the monsters.

　　This Sato Takeji is the suit actor of the first Baltan. I searched for a long time but couldn't find any other records of him, so I will just count him as the suit actor of Bankai.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)