The film had its North American premiere at the Japanese Canadian Film Festival in Toronto in 2020.
The film is based on two short stories "Aota Y Jiro" and "Yorozuya Zenjiro" by best-selling author Shuichi Yoshida from his "A Collection of Crime Stories" - published October 15, 2016 by Shogakukan. Several of his other works have been adapted for the cinema.