It should have been a great piece of work produced by an unusual mix of diverse talents: Ryosuke Tachibana as executive producer; Bando as executive director; Yoshiro EDAMASA as director; and Ureo EGAWA as screenwriter, adapting the story from the novel, "Shashin Monogatari"(Photograph Story), by Yamaji KISHI, which was published in serial form in the newspaper 'Asahi Shimbun.'
立花良介が総指揮を執り、阪東が総監督となり、貴司山治が「朝日新聞」に連載した写真物語を江川宇礼雄が脚色、枝正義郎が監督するという異色の大作であった。