"Between War and Peace was one of three films made to commemorate the new Constitution, which had been proclaimed on November 3, 1946. Each of the major studios would submit a film on an aspect of the Constitution that conformed with the characteristics of that studio's films.... Toho's theme for their picture was the renunciation of war.... (But) because the picture had been conceived and produced by the left-most creative team at Toho, the finished film ran into opposition from Occupation censors who were now under directives to moderate anything overly sympathetic to socialist or Communist causes (and it was cut by thirty minutes).... The film combined Kamei's talent for the documentary with Yamamoto's talent for powerful, if somewhat florid drama. The story is of a soldier who is presumed dead (but who actually) is rescued by a Chinese fishing boat which takes him back to its home port. There he recuperates and is a well-treated POW. In the meantime his 'widow' marries a family friend disabled in the war.... The war ends, the first husband returns to find his wife devoted to caring for his (shellshocked) friend. Gracious in his despondency, he stays on for awhile to help the couple while trying to find a new life, a new career, in the chaotic morass of the Occupation. The depression and betrayal felt by these veterans, and others who come and go through the film, suggest strong parallels with the experience of many Vietnam veterans." David Owens, Japan Society