Casting
Tak Sakaguchi was hired for the lead after director Kitamura saw a gag video from the film's casting director Yudai Yamaguchi which featured Sakaguchi. Kitamura commented his main reason for hiring Sakaguchi was because..."he had a beautiful smile". Sakaguchi however, claims he met Kitamura during a street fight which Sakaguchi was involved in. Kitamura offered him a role in his film after asking him if he'd rather fight in the streets or fight in his films.
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