This tragedy portraying a private who failed to stab an American prisoner of war to death after being ordered to do so by his superior officer was executed as a war criminal became very popular and won the Arts Festival award.
上官の命令で、米兵捕虜を刺殺しそこなった二等兵が、戦犯として死刑に処せられる悲劇を描いたこのドラマは、大好評となり、芸術祭賞を受賞した。