Iranian director Ida Panahandeh's fourth feature, "The Nikaidos' Fall," took her way beyond her comfort zone. She didn't speak Japanese nor had she ever visited the country, and yet there she was with a Japanese crew and cast, filming a story about the Japanese family dynamic in the ancient city of Tenri in Nara Prefecture. The move to make "The Nikaidos' Fall" seems both inspired and audacious, but the director admits she did not have any prior knowledge about Japan.