Lupin the Third: The Pursuit of Harimao's Treasure

"The bandit Harimao's treasure is within reach!"

1995 1h 30m JA

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★6.4TMDB · 55

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Synopsis

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The infamous bandit Harimao hid a treasure, and to retrieve it, Lupin and the gang must gather three lost statues. When the Nazi-like group Neo-Himmel make a run for the goods, Lupin reluctantly partners with the aging "double-O" MI-6 agent Sir Archer and his granddaughter Diana to gather the statues first. Can this unorthodox team bond well enough to see this mission through?

“The bandit Harimao's treasure is within reach!”

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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)
Maya Okamoto
Diana Archer (voice)
Tadashi Nakamura
Sir Archer (voice)
Hirotaka Suzuoki
Russell (voice)

Credits

Behind the camera

Director: Osamu Dezaki
Writers: Hiroshi Kashiwabara, Osamu Dezaki, Shouji Yonemura
Languages: Japanese
Countries: Japan

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RUNTIME

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90 minutes exactly — the "classic feature" runtime most directors aim for.

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ERA

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31 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 Osamu Dezaki, 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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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 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: "The bandit Harimao's treasure is within reach!".

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Cinephile deep dive

The take

Osamu Dezaki directs. Hajime Hasegawa behind the camera. Yuji Ohno scores. Masatoshi Tsurubuchi cuts. Runs lean at under 100 minutes. Produced in Japan. Dialogue in Japanese.

Trivia

Things worth knowing

190 minutes exactly — the "classic feature" runtime most directors aim for.
231 years old — old enough to be someone's favourite childhood film.
3Part of the "Lupin the Third Collection" — so the characters or world continue elsewhere.
4Directed by Osamu Dezaki, shot by Hajime Hasegawa. 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 Masatoshi Tsurubuchi 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 bandit Harimao's treasure is within reach!".
9IMDB entry: tt0449641 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
10Only 55 TMDB ratings — you're getting ahead of the curve on this one.
11Classified under 9 themes, including "treasure", "world war ii", "thief", "based on manga".
12Released under 15 different titles around the world.

The technical file

Cinematography: Hajime Hasegawa
Original score: Yuji Ohno
Editing: Masatoshi Tsurubuchi
Runtime: 90 min · 1h 30m
Status: Released
Original language: JA
Certification (US): PG-13
IMDB: Lupin the Third: The Pursuit of Harimao's Treasure (1995)

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.