 Since its first run, "The Bite" had been considered a lost film.Jasper Sharp notes that had it not been for the overseas release of films like "The Bite", these films would likely not be available today, as many early "pink films" were not saved in Japan.The film was rediscovered and released in an English-dubbed version on region-0 DVD by Gregory Hatanaka's Cinema Epoch label on May 13, 2008.