This is the first ever "Lupin III" feature that does not have Goemon Ishikawa XIII. He was intended to appear, but the writers felt he had no place within a story about shooters. Goemon would get his own story in Lupin the Third: Goemon's Blood Spray (2017).
Yael Okuzaki's appearance is based on Karl Lagerfeld, a German fashion designer who wears white suits and dark glasses.
The first Lupin III theatrical movie to be directed by a director who was born after Lupin first manga debut. Takeshi Koike was born a year after the first Lupin manga was published.