In late Januray of 1996, Oshima announced that he would make a new film for the first time in about ten years, but in late February of the following year he suffered a brain hemorrhage during a visit to London.
1996年1月下旬に約10年ぶりの映画製作発表をしてまもなく、翌2月下旬渡航先のロンドンで脳出血に見舞われた。