Only one Nisei received a Medal of Honor in the Korean War: Hiroshi H Miyamura. None of the 21 Nisei who received their Medal of Honor awards for heroism in World War II had received them by the time the film was made. The awards were granted in 2000, after a study revealed discrimination that caused them to be overlooked during the war.
The shots of Gloria Pall (Sugar Torch) running in the street were filmed using a hidden camera. People on the scene had no idea what was happening.
One of the few films of its era that actually used Asians in Asian roles. Even more remarkable, one of the lead actors involved in the interracial love triangle, James Shigeta, was, in fact, Japanese, rather than a Caucasian actor made up to look Asian.
Film debuts of Glenn Corbett. Also the film debut of James Shigeta and the first in a four-picture production deal between Samuel Fuller's Globe Enterprises, Inc. and Columbia Pictures Corp.
In Nov. 1959, Columbia Pictures distributed this film on a double bill with Battle of the Coral Sea (1959) starring Cliff Robertson.