Director mink actually shot the film in Super 35 with the intention of framing the completed picture in the 2.35:1 aspect ratio, but when Sony decided to send the film straight to DVD, the studio instead re-framed the picture to 1.85:1.
The project was originally set up at Franchise Pictures years earlier, and was much more action-packed and epic in scale. By the time the film went into production, Franchise was cash strapped and could only afford a streamlined version of the original script.
The street market fight was shot in the area where Steven Seagal grew up studying martial arts. He would walk by the shopping area shown on a daily basis.
In Kuroda's henchmen's apartment, a television is playing a scene with Seagal's daughter Ayako Fujitani in Gamera daikaijû kuchu kessen (1995).
Released theatrically in Japan and other parts of Asia to capitalize on Seagal's popularity there.