Background

It had a limited release in 1968 and won several awards that year such as the prestigious Mainichi Film Nobuo Ofuji Award. On August 1, 1970 it had more nationwide release as a part of the Toho Champion Matsuri where several films are shown back to back for children at a discounted price over school holidays. As such, Minikui Ahiru no Ko was quadruple billed with (Space Amoeba in the US release), , and .