Noriko Hayase, a film magazine reporter, and Geoffrey York, an American newspaper reporter, interviews people about on how Japanese film master Akira Kurosawa was dismissed from Darryl F. Zanuck's film "Tora, Tora, Tora!" Through the testimonies of many people involved, this work reveals the truth behind the director's departure from the Japan-US co-production "Tora, Tora, Tora" and the life of the world-famous master. Note: Won the Excellence Prize in the manga division at the Japanese Ministry of Culture's Media Arts Festival in 2001.