Ifilimu eqanjiwe laseBrithani yahlolwa eJapan ngoba isihloko sayo samemezela ukuthi umongameli wase-United States, uGeorge W. Bush, ufile. Yifilimu eqanjiwe yezepolitiki, ecabanga ukuthi isimo sizoba njani e-United States uma kwenzeka kushona uBush bese kungena esikhundleni sakhe yiVice likaMongameli uDick Cheney, kubika le nhlangano ANSA.
Isihloko sokuqala esithi, "Death of a President," sahunyushelwa enguqulweni yaseJapan kwathiwa "Bush ansatsu" ("Bush assassinated"), kwathi ikhomishini yokuzibamba yeNational Association of Cinematographic Distributors yawuvala umsebenzi. Ngaphambi kombuzo wezintatheli, omele leyo khomishini uthe isihloko sefilimu sephula "imithetho yokuziphatha" yenhlangano, ebeka "ukuhlonipha ubukhosi bazo zonke izizwe, ngokunakekela okukhulu ekwelapheni izinhloko zombuso, amafulegi namaculo esizwe".
Kokubili i-cinema nezincwadi, akukho ukuvinjelwa okuhlelekile ngokusemthethweni eJapan nguHulumeni, kepha ngokwenzekayo kunezinqubo eziholela ekulawulweni okuqinile nasekuvinjelweni kwemisebenzi.