The entire Japanese village set and house were built in Tunisia, Northern Africa.
The cast and crew were given strict instructions prior to production. In order to keep the interior of house set in pristine condition, eating and drinking on the set was prohibited and no shoes were allowed. Everyone entering the set was required to wear slippers, issued by the production team.
Director Frédéric Mitterrand is a French politician and, in turn, a cinema operator, television host and producer, columnist and writer, director of documentaries and films, director of the Academy of France in Rome between 2008 and 2009, then Minister of Culture and Communication from June 23, 2009 to May 16, 2012.2,1. He was elected to the Academy of Fine Arts in 2019. He is the nephew of François Mitterrand, who was President of France from 1981 to 1995.