Mansaku ITAMI retired from directing after his 1938 film "Kyojinden" (A story of giant) and returned to Kyoto in 1940 where he wrote the screenplays for "Muhomatsu no Issho" (Lie of Muhomatsu) and "Te wo tsunagu kora" (Children holding hands) for Nikkatsu.
1938年の『巨人伝』を最後に監督を辞め、1940年に京都へ帰り、日活で、『無法松の一生』や『手をつなぐ子等』の脚本を書いた。