Lupin the Third: Missed by a Dollar

"Outbid by a buck!"

2000 1h 31m JA

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★6.6TMDB · 38

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Synopsis

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Master thief Lupin the Third and his friends have to compete with a greedy banker and her minions to help solve a mystery leading to a treasure that is said to hold history's most powerful rulers.

“Outbid by a buck!”

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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)
Mami Koyama
Cynthia Craymov (voice)
Rica Matsumoto
Sandy Fishburne (voice)
Jouji Nakata
Alexei Nabikov (voice)

Credits

Behind the camera

Director: Hideki Tonokatsu
Writers: Hiroshi Sakakibara
Languages: Japanese
Countries: Japan

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ERA

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26 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 Hideki Tonokatsu, shot by Hisao Shirai. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.

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DIRECTOR

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Editor Masatoshi Tsurubuchi 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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FACT

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Marketing tagline: "Outbid by a buck!".

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WILD

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IMDB entry: tt0461570 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.

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WILD

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Only 38 TMDB ratings — you're getting ahead of the curve on this one.

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Cinephile deep dive

The take

Hideki Tonokatsu directs. Hisao Shirai behind the camera. Masatoshi Tsurubuchi cuts. Runs lean at under 100 minutes. Produced in Japan. Dialogue in Japanese.

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126 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 Hideki Tonokatsu, shot by Hisao Shirai. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.
4Editor Masatoshi Tsurubuchi 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: "Outbid by a buck!".
7IMDB entry: tt0461570 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
8Only 38 TMDB ratings — you're getting ahead of the curve on this one.
9Released under 15 different titles around the world.

The technical file

Cinematography: Hisao Shirai
Editing: Masatoshi Tsurubuchi
Runtime: 91 min · 1h 31m
Status: Released
Original language: JA
Certification (US): PG-13
IMDB: Lupin the Third: Missed by a Dollar (2000)

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.