 The documentary followed him as he met survivors of the 2011 Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami in northern Japan.In June 2013, a reporter from the magazine "Aera" interviewed Samuragochi at his apartment in Yokohama, but noticed a number of inconsistencies in Samuragochi's deafness statements, including his ability to respond to questions before the sign-language interpreter had finished, and standing up to answer a doorbell when it rang.The interview was ultimately not published by the magazine due to doubts about Samuragochi's statements.