Lupin the Third: Return of Pycal

"The toughest enemies die hard or is it that more like hardly die?"

2002 0h 49m JA

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★6.0TMDB · 70

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Lupin steals an extraordinary gem from a Mediterranean party, only to be interrupted by Pycal, the trickster "magician" who had apparently died fighting Lupin early in his career. Pycal, now armed with real magical abilities, is determined to take revenge.

“The toughest enemies die hard or is it that more like hardly die?”

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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)
Nachi Nozawa
Pycal (voice)
Takeshi Aono
Mysterious Old Man (voice)
Junpei Takiguchi
Millionaire (voice)

Credits

Behind the camera

Director: Mamoru Hamatsu
Writers: Ryou Katsuragi, Kazuhiko Kato
Languages: Japanese
Countries: Japan

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RUNTIME

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Tight 49-minute runtime — shorter than most television pilots.

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ERA

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Released 24 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 Mamoru Hamatsu, shot by Satoshi Ohtsubo. 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 Yuriko Sano 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: "The toughest enemies die hard or is it that more like hardly die?".

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Cinephile deep dive

The take

Mamoru Hamatsu directs. Satoshi Ohtsubo behind the camera. Yuji Ohno scores. Yuriko Sano cuts. Runs lean at under 100 minutes. Produced in Japan. Dialogue in Japanese.

Trivia

Things worth knowing

1Tight 49-minute runtime — shorter than most television pilots.
2Released 24 years ago.
3Part of the "Lupin the Third Collection" — so the characters or world continue elsewhere.
4Directed by Mamoru Hamatsu, shot by Satoshi Ohtsubo. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.
5Original score by Yuji Ohno. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.
6Editor Yuriko Sano shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.
7Kanichi Kurita and Kiyoshi Kobayashi and Eiko Masuyama carry the top of the cast.
8Marketing tagline: "The toughest enemies die hard or is it that more like hardly die?".
9IMDB entry: tt0420138 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
10Only 70 TMDB ratings — you're getting ahead of the curve on this one.
11Released under 10 different titles around the world.

The technical file

Cinematography: Satoshi Ohtsubo
Original score: Yuji Ohno
Editing: Yuriko Sano
Runtime: 49 min · 0h 49m
Status: Released
Original language: JA
Certification (US): PG-13
IMDB: Lupin the Third: Return of Pycal (2002)

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.