 It was financed as a commemoration of the 115th anniversary of the "Hokkoku Shimbun", a newspaper in Hatta's hometown of Kanazawa, and produced by Mushi Productions.Preview screenings were held on November 11, 2008 at Hokkoku Shimbun's Akabane Hall and on November 20 at Meiji Yasuda Life Hall (MY Shinjuku Building), while the first public screening was held on November 15 at the opening of Kanazawa's Corona Cinema World.Afterwards, it was primarily screened in schools and public institutions in Ishikawa Prefecture and from May 8, 2009 in Cinemate Mini-Theater in Shinjuku.