Joe Tomei here. This article from the Asahi Shimbun has director Isao Yukisada, who is from Minami Aso, talking about his film Beautiful People which was filmed in Kumamoto last October. He says the film is an answer to “Kusamakura”, a famous short story by Natsume Soseki set in Kumamoto. http://www.asahi.com/ajw/articles/AJ201605070017.html