The film was considered to be work of art that symbollically represent the invasiveness of Japanese colonialists with the rich gangster being the Japanese and the man who was stolen of his potential wife being the korean nation and was banned by the Japanese authorities on the very next day of release.
The film was regarded as a work of art symbolically portraying the invasive nature of Japanese colonialists, where the wealthy gangster represented Japan and the man whose potential wife was stolen embodied the Korean nation, prompting an immediate ban by Japanese authorities upon its release.