" Disaffected, she feels the family needs a life-style-shaking "miracle" because it has "gone to pieces.She then descends the stairs, walks into the garden, and then walks up another stairway to Stefan""s back door, where she again knocks and receives no answer.Major Gruver""s task would be to confront the issue of soldiers becoming romantically involved with Japanese women in post-war Japan, in defiance of US military policy.He was living the materialistic, suburban "American dream," although his life was quietly-desperate and miserable.Previous films had only made fun of drunks and lushes (e.g.,The Thin Manseries, or W.C.Fields"" films).Its release was threatened when the alcohol industry offered to purchase the film""s negative and remove it from circulation, but then praised and supported the film following its popular release (and critical success).