The directors of the film were Masato Hara, Kees Kasander, Katsufumi Nakamura, Yoshinobu Namano, Denis Wigman and Roland Wigman. Because of this, the film is a unique one in the history of cinematography and was called in equal parts a work of art and a film too difficult to understand and as such, not made for massive consumption.
The film is a retelling of the classic Shakespearean play "The Tempest" and while the story follows the original plot, it tells it in a distinctive and unique way. They introduced a large number of inventions, influenced by the large number of directors coming from all over the world.
One area where the influence of the directors can be seen is in the editing department. The film was sent to Japan to be edited and there, at the suggestion of the directors, a large number of animations and special effects were added. This combination was relatively new at the time when the film came out and it made the experience a unique one.
Among the above-mentioned directors, many had previous experience working in theater and they brought to the film various elements common on the stage such as live opera, dancing, mime as well as the use of the off-scene voice which acts as a narrating force in the film.
Because of all these aspects, the film is regarded as being an avant-grande one, an experimental film through which the classic conventions on the cinematic world are rethought and reimagined.
