Superior Ultraman 8 Brothers

Superior 8 Ultra Brothers
Theatrical release poster
Directed byTakeshi Yagi
Written byKeiichi Hasegawa
Produced byKiyoshi Suzuki
StarringHiroshi Nagano
Susumu Kurobe
Kohji Moritsugu
Jiro Dan
Keiji Takamine
Takeshi Tsuruno
Takeshi Yoshioka
Shunji Igarashi
CinematographySo Takahashi
Edited byAkira Matsuki
Music byToshihiko Sahashi
Production
company
Distributed byShochiku
Release date
  • September 13, 2008 (2008-09-13)
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Running time
97 minutes
CountryJapan
LanguageJapanese

Superior 8 Ultra Brothers (大決戦!超ウルトラ8兄弟, Daikessen! Chō Urutora Hachi Kyōdai, lit. "Great Decisive Battle! The Super 8 Ultra Brothers") is a 2008 Japanese superhero kaiju film directed by Takeshi Yagi. It unites the Shōwa heroes Ultraman, Seven, Jack and Ace together on screen with the Heisei heroes Tiga, Dyna, Gaia and Mebius. The catchphrase for the movie is "I will protect the world." (この世界を、僕が守る, Kono sekai o, boku ga mamoru).

The movie was released theatrically nationwide in Japan on September 13, 2008. As of October 23, 2008, the movie had grossed over ¥800,000,000 (US$8,000,000) at the box office, becoming the most commercially successful movie in the history of the Ultraman franchise,[2] until it was surpassed by the 2022 film Shin Ultraman.

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  2. ^ "ウルトラ映画史上最大のヒット作「大決戦!超ウルトラ8兄弟」 Blu-ray Disc&DVD、2009年1月23日に発売決定" (PDF). 2008-10-23. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2012-02-29. Retrieved 2008-11-03.