They originally were going to release this after their "Fuma Conspiracy" DVD release. But it turns out that purchasing the rights to this movie were more expensive than the other two Lupin movies they obtained. The reason why is because it's a Seijun Suzuki directed film and all of his films have gotten more expensive in international media rights. Special thanks to Quentin Tarantino for making his works more well known in other countries. So Discotek decided to wait for whenever the price of the rights for this movie will become cheaper.
