This novel was adapted into a drama in 1985 by TV Asahi Corporation for Saturday Waido Theather, entitled 'Shiro no shokei Koshudai kara ikikaetta otoko' (White execution the man, who came back from scaffold alive), acted by Tomokazu MIURA as former condemned and Kumiko OBA as his sister-in-law.
この作品は1985年にテレビ朝日の土曜ワイド劇場で元死刑囚役に三浦友和、義妹役に大場久美子を起用して「白の処刑絞首台から生き返った男」として映像化された。