Being the last Mizoguchi's film in wartime, it's a velar propagandistic piece,
Seven directors worked on the film: Masahiro Makino, Kenji Mizoguchi, Hiroshi Shimizu, Tomotaka Tasaka, Tatsuo Osone, Koishi Takagi and Tetsuo Ichikawa.
Even it it was made on a low budget, this film has some of the biggest screen stars of the time, like Ken Uehara, Kinuyo Tanaka and Mieko Takamine, in small roles.