Kira Yukishiro is a young manga creator from northern Italy. Self-taught, her passion for manga is born from her love for Japanese culture, video game sagas like The Legend of Zelda and her desire to create stories.
The film is based on Yasunari Kawabata's 1926 short story The Dancing Girl of Izu. A previous adaptation of the same title had been directed by Heinosuke Gosho in 1933.