Actress Miyoko Asada studied thoroughly about spokespeople of adoption agencies and their business for the role of her character. For the seminar scene, it was entirely improvised as she took real questions from the extras and answered them fully. She spoke at the whole faux seminar in character for a full hour.
Official submission of Japan for the 'Best International Feature Film' category of the 93rd Academy Awards in 2021.
The Kurihara family live on the thirtieth floor of a high rise apartment in the Toyosu area in Tokyo, which has been rapidly developing with expensive real estate, the newly established Toyosu Fish Market, new shopping malls, and the Olympic Village Plaza for the delayed 2020 games.
Asa Ga Kuru premiered at the Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF) in the summer of 2020.
For the Blu-ray and DVD, director Naomi Kawase and novelist Mizuki Tsujimura recorded an audio commentary together. It is the first time for either of them to take part in a commentary track.