Shin Ultraman

Shin Ultraman (2022) is a Japanese sci-fi action film you can watch online on iFILM. Director Shinji Higuchi and screenwriter Hideaki Anno — who rebuilt Godzilla together in 2016 — turn their lens on the giant silver hero from the 1966 Ultraman franchise.

Kaijū start appearing across Japan in rapid succession. A government task force scrambles to respond; analyst Hirami, played by Saito Takeru, and his colleague Asami, played by Nagasawa Masami, track each threat while the conventional response keeps falling short. Then the silver giant arrives — showing up every time a creature threatens to win, saying nothing, vanishing after.

Anno's screenplay treats this as a genuine question rather than a given: why would a being from elsewhere choose to protect humans? The film earns its spectacle by making the answer matter. Stream Shin Ultraman (2022) online on iFILM.