In the dinner scene before the climax, Pierre reveals that he now knows Lupin's first name. In Japan, the "Jr." and "III" naming conventions do not exist as they do in Western countries - craftsman etc. are referred to by the number of generations they come after the founding family member, even if their first names are not the same. The Japanese fan-base for Lupin III generally believes that the character's first name is a secret, as evidenced by the fact that he has never actually been referred to in dialogue or in writing as "Arsène Lupin III". For instance, in Lupin III: The Castle of Cagliostro (1979), Count Cagliostro refers to Lupin as "the Third-Generation Arsène Lupin" to dodge the route of clearly giving Lupin a first name. However, due to the differences in naming conventions, non-Japanese fans and sources have near-universally accepted that his first name is the same as his grandfather's.
Shun Oguri (Lupin), Jerry Yan (Michael Lee) and Kim Joon (Pierre) are all members of F4 of the Japanese manga Hana Yori Dango TV adaptation just in different versions in respect to each one's own home country.
Shun Oguri is Rui Hanasawa from the F4 of Hana Yori Dango (Japanese version); Jerry Yan is Dao Ming Su from the F4 of Meteor Garden (Hana Yori Dango Taiwanese version) and Kim Joon is Woo Bin from the F4 of Boys Over Flowers (Hana Yori Dango Korean version).
Shun Oguri (Lupin), Meisa Kuroki (Fujiko), and Go Ayano (Goemon) previously appeared together in the film Crows Zero II (2009).
This is the second live-action adaptation of Monkey Punch's "Lupin III" manga; before there was Lupin the Third: Strange Psychokinetic Strategy (1974).