The film received the comedic riff treatment by the Mystery Science Theater 3000 (1988) crew in "Cinematic Titanic" under its original U.S. title "War of the Insects".
This film was released in Japan on November 9, 1968 as a double feature with The Living Skeleton (1968). It was originally released in the U.S. by Shochiku Films of America in 1969 under the title "War of the Insects".
The Criterion Collection released this film on DVD in a box set titled "Eclipse Series #37: When Horror Came to Shochiku". The set was released on November 20, 2012.