Director Kaoru Umezawa had been a Pink film actor for Kôji Wakamatsu's production studio. When, without permission, Umezawa finished the direction of a film during Wakamatsu's absence, Wakamatsu fired him. Umezawa then joined Kan Mukai's production studio as a director. This film, Ryoki shikijo yawa, was Umezawa's first film at Mukai Productions.