The film appeared at the 1951 Venice Film Festival at the behest of an Italian language teacher, Giuliana Stramigioli, who had recommended it to Italian film promotion agency Unitalia Film seeking a Japanese film to screen at the festival.
Film se 1951. pojavio na Venecijanskom filmskom festivalu zaslugom učiteljice talijanskog jezika, Giuliane Stramigioli koja ga je predložila talijanskoj agenciji za filmsku promociji Unitalia Film tražeći da se na festivalu prikaže japanski film.