Lupin the Third: The Secret Page of Marco Polo

2012 1h 32m JA

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★5.9TMDB · 27

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Synopsis

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Researchers unearth a long-lost page of "The Travels of Marco Polo" and discover it's a clue to a lost treasure! Lupin appears to swipe the tablet, but he leaves empty-handed... and as a murder suspect! He shrugs off being framed for the death of an archaeology professor just enough to go treasure-hunting. Tailed by both a weapons dealer and ICPO Inspector Zenigata, Lupin must rely on his gunslinging partner Jigen and the professor's granddaughter Lisa to stay two steps ahead. Meanwhile, the swordsman Goemon rethinks his devotion to the blade and finds romance deep in the mountains. Two tales collide in a worldwide adventure packed with history and laughs!

“Some stories are better left unspoiled.”

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Cast

Kanichi Kurita
Arsène Lupin III (voice)
Kiyoshi Kobayashi
Daisuke Jigen (voice)
Miyuki Sawashiro
Fujiko Mine (voice)
Daisuke Namikawa
Goemon Ishikawa XIII (voice)
Koichi Yamadera
Inspector Koichi Zenigata (voice)
Marina Inoue
Lisa Argento (voice)
Koji Ishii
Bernardo Vilar (voice)
Ichiro Nagai
Musashibō Benkei the 22nd (voice)

Credits

Behind the camera

Director: Hajime Kamegaki
Writers: Katsuro Hidaka, Kazuhiko Kato, Yasuichiro Yamamoto
Languages: Japanese
Countries: Japan

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ERA

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Released 14 years ago.

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CINEMA

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Part of the "Lupin the Third Collection" — so the characters or world continue elsewhere.

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DIRECTOR

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Directed by Hajime Kamegaki, shot by Tatsuo Noguchi. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.

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DIRECTOR

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Original score by Yuji Ohno. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.

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DIRECTOR

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Editor Terumitsu Okada shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.

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CAST

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Kanichi Kurita and Kiyoshi Kobayashi and Miyuki Sawashiro carry the top of the cast.

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WILD

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IMDB entry: tt2438634 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.

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WILD

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Only 27 TMDB ratings — you're getting ahead of the curve on this one.

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The take

Hajime Kamegaki directs. Tatsuo Noguchi behind the camera. Yuji Ohno scores. Terumitsu Okada cuts. Runs lean at under 100 minutes. Produced in Japan. Dialogue in Japanese.

Trivia

Things worth knowing

1Released 14 years ago.
2Part of the "Lupin the Third Collection" — so the characters or world continue elsewhere.
3Directed by Hajime Kamegaki, shot by Tatsuo Noguchi. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.
4Original score by Yuji Ohno. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.
5Editor Terumitsu Okada shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.
6Kanichi Kurita and Kiyoshi Kobayashi and Miyuki Sawashiro carry the top of the cast.
7IMDB entry: tt2438634 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
8Only 27 TMDB ratings — you're getting ahead of the curve on this one.
9Released under 15 different titles around the world.

The technical file

Cinematography: Tatsuo Noguchi
Original score: Yuji Ohno
Editing: Terumitsu Okada
Runtime: 92 min · 1h 32m
Status: Released
Original language: JA
IMDB: Lupin the Third: The Secret Page of Marco Polo (2012)

Part of

Lupin the Third Collection

Lupin III is the grandson of the famous phantom thief Arséne Lupin. He is an elusive master thief who always steals his target prey. His brain is a genius, and his gun skills are top-notch, but his only flaw is that he has a weakness for cute girls. His companions are Daisuke Jigen, a gunfighter with a rapid fire rate of 0.3 seconds, Goemon Ishikawa, the 13th Samurai of the Showa era, and Fujiko Mine, a mysterious beauty. Together with these guys, who have their own quirks and quirks, they will once again receive a treasure in a spectacular manner, while trumpeting the seventh generation of Inspector Zenigata Heiji and his formidable enemies in the underworld.