[1][2] It was directed by Arthur Lubin and starred Teresa Wright, Cameron Mitchell, Jon Provost (who, that same year, began his 7-year tenure as Timmy Martin on the TV show Lassie) and Roger Nakagawa.

[4] After his plane goes down, an American boy is rescued from the sea by a Japanese fisherman and his family.

They meet interesting people and have many adventures, travelling across the country and eluding the police, who are searching for the American boy.

[6] In June, RKO president William Dozier assigned the project to Arthur Lubin to produce and direct.

RKO executive Arthur Siteman died of a heart attack while making the film in Japan.