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Right before production on the film began, a pro-wrestling match was held between wrestler Rikidôzan and his Japanese tag team partners Toyonobori and Great Togo against American challengers Freddie Blassie, Lou Thesz, and Mike Sharpe. This match was aired nationwide on Japanese television, during which Blassie caused a bloody gash on Great Togo. Elderly viewers where so shocked by the gore that many collapsed from shocked and some reportedly died. Many Japanese critics would attack the popularity of television with social critic Soichi Oya warning that TV was creating a nation of idiots. This match of East vs West and the frenzy surrounding it would serve as an influence on this film with the monsters sanding in for the wrestlers.

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