However, since Universal Pictures, Inc. desired a film starring Bantsuma and such a film was never created due to a contract between Bantsuma Productions and Shochiku Kinema, the contract with Universal Pictures, Inc. was cancelled at the end of May of the same year and even turned into a lawsuit.
しかし、阪妻プロと松竹キネマとの契約上、ユニヴァーサル社が望む「阪東妻三郎主演作品」が1作もなかったため、同年5月末には契約解除となり、訴訟にまで発展した。