Lupin the Third: Tokyo Crisis

"A blazing crisis in Tokyo, or the photo op of a lifetime?"

1998 1h 35m JA

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Synopsis

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Lupin's plans to intercept two old glass photographic plates from being delivered to a mysterious art dealer named Mr. Suzuki misfires, and it doesn't help matters that Goemon and Jigen are suffering from... efficiency problems. Meanwhile, Inspector Zenigata has a new tag-along in the Lupin chase: the beautiful young reporter Maria. But what is Maria's connection to the mysterious Mr. Suzuki?

“A blazing crisis in Tokyo, or the photo op of a lifetime?”

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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)
Megumi Hayashibara
Maria Isshiki (voice)
Koichi Yamadera
Michael Suzuki / Gondō (voice)
Seinosuke Nakajima
Appraiser (voice)

Credits

Behind the camera

Director: Toshiya Shinohara
Writers: Shinzo Fujita, Kazuhiko Kato
Languages: Japanese
Countries: Japan

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ERA

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28 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 Toshiya Shinohara, 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 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: "A blazing crisis in Tokyo, or the photo op of a lifetime?".

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WILD

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IMDB entry: tt0189973 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.

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WILD

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Only 49 TMDB ratings — you're getting ahead of the curve on this one.

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The take

Toshiya Shinohara directs. Hajime Hasegawa behind the camera. Masatoshi Tsurubuchi cuts. Runs lean at under 100 minutes. Produced in Japan. Dialogue in Japanese.

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128 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 Toshiya Shinohara, shot by Hajime Hasegawa. 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: "A blazing crisis in Tokyo, or the photo op of a lifetime?".
7IMDB entry: tt0189973 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
8Only 49 TMDB ratings — you're getting ahead of the curve on this one.
9Released under 13 different titles around the world.

The technical file

Cinematography: Hajime Hasegawa
Editing: Masatoshi Tsurubuchi
Runtime: 95 min · 1h 35m
Status: Released
Original language: JA
Certification (US): PG-13
IMDB: Lupin the Third: Tokyo Crisis (1998)

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.