Yoji YAMADA said "Robo no Ishi" (directed by Tasaka) motivated him to become a movie director when he watched it during his elementary school days at a theater in Hoten, China.
山田洋次が映画作家を志す切っかけとなった映画として、奉天の小学校時代に見た田坂の『路傍の石』を挙げている。