The film which, based on extensive research, claimed a wrongful conviction case had a huge impact on the society, and it was praised as one of his greatest films during the movement of independent production companies.
徹底とした調査のもと、冤罪事件を告発した本作は、大きな社会的反響を呼び、独立プロ運動時代の最高傑作のひとつと賞賛される。