Ryuichi Mino (b. 1998) graduated from the Kyoto University of the Arts Department of Film, and afterward accumulated experience by working on the sets of film and television dramas as an assistant director. He then invited his younger brother Kazuhiko Mino into the film industry and together established the film production team MINO Bros. Their feature film directorial debut "Rojin Farm" won the Audience Award at the Kanazawa Film Festival 2018, and achieved a nationwide release beginning with an April 2019. "Make The Devil Laugh" is Mino's second feature film.