 Promotional materials from the Studios boasted that "Man'ei" had the most state-of-the art facilities in all of Asia at that time.Nobusuke Kishi, one of the top officials involved in the industrial development of Manchukuo, enlisted Masahiko Amakasu, head of Manchukuo's Ministry of Civil Affairs, to manage the operation in 1939 replacing Negishi.Amakasu threw himself wholeheartedly into his appointment effectively using his status as a film industry outsider as well as his notoriety as the murderer of Osugi Sakae and family to maintain "Man'ei"'s independence from the Japanese film industry.