Lupin the Third: Dead or Alive

"$1,000,000 for Lupin!"

1996 1h 35m JA

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6.6

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★6.6TMDB · 56

AnimationActionComedyDramaCrime

Synopsis

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When Lupin heads to the kingdom of Zufu to pilfer its treasure, he incurs the wrath of its psychotic ruler General Headhunter, who places a dead-or-alive bounty on his head.

“$1,000,000 for Lupin!”

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Cast

Kanichi Kurita
Arsène Lupin III (voice)
Kiyoshi Kobayashi
Daisuke Jigen (voice)
Eiko Masuyama
Fujiko Mine (voice)
Makio Inoue
Goemon Ishikawa XIII (voice)
Gorō Naya
Inspector Koichi Zenigata (voice)
Minami Takayama
Oleander (voice)
Banjo Ginga
General Headhunter (voice)
Toru Furuya
Prince Panish (voice)

Credits

Behind the camera

Director: Kazuhiko Kato
Writers: Hiroshi Sakakibara, Kazuhiko Kato
Languages: Japanese
Countries: Japan

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ERA

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30 years old — old enough to be someone's favourite childhood film.

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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 Kazuhiko Kato, shot by Hajime Hasegawa. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.

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DIRECTOR

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Editor Takeshi Seyama 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 Eiko Masuyama carry the top of the cast.

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MONEY

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Marketing tagline: "$1,000,000 for Lupin!".

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WILD

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IMDB entry: tt0170180 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.

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WILD

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Only 56 TMDB ratings — you're getting ahead of the curve on this one.

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Cinephile deep dive

The take

Kazuhiko Kato directs. Hajime Hasegawa behind the camera. Takeshi Seyama cuts. Runs lean at under 100 minutes. Produced in Japan. Dialogue in Japanese.

Trivia

Things worth knowing

130 years old — old enough to be someone's favourite childhood film.
2Part of the "Lupin the Third Collection" — so the characters or world continue elsewhere.
3Directed by Kazuhiko Kato, shot by Hajime Hasegawa. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.
4Editor Takeshi Seyama shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.
5Kanichi Kurita and Kiyoshi Kobayashi and Eiko Masuyama carry the top of the cast.
6Marketing tagline: "$1,000,000 for Lupin!".
7IMDB entry: tt0170180 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
8Only 56 TMDB ratings — you're getting ahead of the curve on this one.
9Released under 11 different titles around the world.

The technical file

Cinematography: Hajime Hasegawa
Editing: Takeshi Seyama
Runtime: 95 min · 1h 35m
Status: Released
Original language: JA
Certification (US): PG-13
IMDB: Lupin the Third: Dead or Alive (1996)

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.