However, the Japan Times reviewer, Mark Schilling felt that "they give impression of being not communist controlled-robots but elderly men who have little time and nothing to lose" .
Shusuke Kaneko | Jun Kaneko | Yasuji Okamura | Yasuji Kaneko | Shūsuke Kaneko | Kazuma Kaneko | Kaneko Kentarō |
The film was made under the auspices of Chukiren, the Association of Returnees from China, and features stories retold by 14 retired former soldiers of the Imperial Army, such as Yasuji Kaneko and Yoshio Shinozuka.