Theseus seven most courageous youths and the seven most beautiful maidens were to board a boat and be sent as tribute to Crete, never to be seen again. In another version, King Minos had waged war with the Athenians and was successful. He then demanded that, at nine-year intervals, seven Athenian boys and seven Athenian girls were to be sent to Crete to be devoured by the Minotaur, a half-man, half-bull monster that lived in the Labyrinth created by Daedalus. On the third occasion, Theseus volunteered to talk to the monster to stop this horror. He took the place of one
Legend of Dinosaurs & Monster Birds from the shark attack movie "Jaws" (1975) as well as other animal attack films being released in the US. Also, in Scotland, interest in Nessie at Loch Ness was gaining worldwide attention at the time. In the spring of 1976, an early title for the screenplay was written called “The Giant Monster Bird vs. The Giant Dragon God" (大怪鳥対大竜神, Dai kaisho tai Dai ryujin). "Legend of Dinosaurs & Monster Birds" was filmed at Toei Studios and on location at Mt. Fuji. The production cost of the film was (), equivalent to adjusted for inflation. "Legend of Dinosaurs & Monster Birds"