The film is a color remake of the 1956 black-and-white The Burmese Harp, which was also directed by Ichikawa.

[1][2] The Burmese Harp was the number one Japanese film on the domestic market in 1985, earning ¥2.95 billion in distribution income.

[3] With an audience of 3.87 million people, it was then the second largest Japanese box office hit.

[4] The film grossed a total of ¥5.9 billion or $29,000,000 (equivalent to $82,000,000 in 2023) in Japan.

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