ðə fˈɪlm wʌz wˈʌn ʌv fˈoːɹtiːn dʒˌæpənˈiːz kˈʌlɚ pˈɪktʃɚz pɹədˈuːst ɪn ˈɜːli nˈaɪntiːnhˈʌndɹɪd fˈɪfti sˈɪks, bˌʌt ðə fˈɜːst kˈʌlɚ dʒˌæpənˈiːz sˈaɪənsfˈɪkʃən fˈɪlm.
The film was one of fourteen Japanese color pictures produced in early 1956, but the first color Japanese science-fiction film.