Hojo himself noted that thanks to the February anime film City Hunter: Shinjuku Private Eyes and now this live-action film, this year has truly become the “City Hunter Year.”
Nicky Larson is the French title of the City Hunter franchise, as well as the French localized name of the protagonist Ryō Saeba.
The live-action film version stars Philippe Lacheau as Nicky Larson.
The film has the Japanese title City Hunter the Movie: Shijō Saikō no Mission (City Hunter the Movie: The Most Aromatic Mission Ever) — a triple wordplay on the Japanese word saikō (greatest), kōsui (perfume which is key to the movie’s plot), and the heroine Kaori.