 The names "Mika" and "Aki" are taken from directors  Mika Kaurismäki (qv) and Aki Kaurismäki (qv). Brothers  Kaurismäki have also frequently used the main cast of the Finnish  segment (Matti Pellonpää (qv), Kari Väänänen (qv) and  Sakari Kuosmanen (qv))