 It is the fifth and to date, the last Shakespeare film directed by Branagh, and the only one not to feature Branagh himself in the cast, though he has a minor cameo at the end of the film where his voice is heard very briefly.It is Kenneth Branagh's first Shakespearean film shot in a Super 35 format.Although the film was not made in Japan, Branagh reimagines the play there during the late nineteenth century, where many English traders lived.