Mina Kohara is the niece of filmmaker Kayo Hatta, and was born on the same day Hatta passed away, in 2005. Hatta's most well-known work, Picture Bride (1994) was line-produced by Dana Satler Hankins, who also is producer of this film.
Before he was a successful novelist, Graham Salisbury was a rock n roll singer/songwriter and musician. In the late 1960s, he went by the name Sandy Salisbury, and was a member of the band, The Millennium, prior to a brief solo career.
This film won Best Narrative Feature, at the inaugural Park City International Film Festival, held in Park City, Utah, on August 13, 2016.
In 2015, this film screened as the Opening Night film at the 15th DC Asian Pacific American Film Festival, and was featured as the Center Piece film at the 10th DisOrient Asian American Film Festival of Oregon.