Director Cui studied film production at Communication University of China first. When he first went to the US to expand his skillset for film production, he saw award-winning films made by his classmates. This made him start focusing more on becoming a film director. He went back to China to become work in the film industry. But he witnessed some unhealthy trends in the film industry. One event that impacted him the most was a time when he got false blamed by others of not preparing the props in time. He was physically harmed by several crew member during that incident. Since then, he refused to work in the film industry back at his hometown and moved to Japan in seek for a healthier work environment.
Later, he applied to go to Japan to continue his career, but he struggled with presence of language barriers at first. So he taught himself Japanese through TV shows and books. Eventually, he shot many short films by himself that won him multiple awards, turning his shift to directing into a solid achievement.