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