Japan Release: 1965
Running Time: 93 minutes

Key of Keys

国際秘密警察: 鍵の鍵
[Kokusai Himitsu Keisatsu: Kagi no Kagi]

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Key of Keys

What's Up, Tiger Lily?
US Distributor: AIP (1966) / Time: 80 minutes

International Secret Police: Key of Keys
[Literal translation]

Woody Allen, Number One
[Spain]

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Background and Trivia

• Benedict Pictures Corporation registered the movie with the US copyright office on September 20th, 1978. The version registered was the American version featuring Woody Allen, under the name What's Up, Tiger Lily?., and carried the registration number of PA0000020794. Later, Toho registered the film on August 3rd, 1987 under the number PA0000355145. Toho's submission was registered with its international title, Key of Keys, and the movie's Romaji title, Kokusai Himitsu Keisatsu: Kagi no Kagi.
• In Tokyo, Toho showed the film to Henry G. Saperstein with hopes that he would purchase overseas distribution rights. Wanting to preserve the relationship, but not wanting to lease the film, Saperstein offered an incredibly low sum, assuming they would decline and he could save face. However, Toho accepted. This detail is noted in the 1998 publication Monsters Are Attacking Tokyo (ISBN: 0922915474).
• After acquiring the rights, Henry G. Saperstein wanted to give the project to comedian Lenny Bruce as a mocking localization of the film. Bruce declined after learning that Saperstein would want the final product to be approved by the Catholic Legion of Decency. The project was instead given to Woody Allen who adapted it as What's Up, Tiger Lily?. Cited in Monsters Are Attacking Tokyo (ISBN: 0922915474).