Lupin the Third: Alcatraz Connection

"Lupin and his friends face 7 dangerous criminals."

2001 1h 30m JA

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★6.1TMDB · 41★6.7IMDB · 369

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Synopsis

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Secretly operating his cruiser as a casino at sea isn’t enough for mafia don Lukino Marcano. He’s also looking for the gold-laden boat wreckage worth the budget of a small country! Lupin sniffs out the plan to recover this long-lost treasure and brings along his partners Jigen, Goemon, and Fujiko for the ride to crash Lukino’s party.

“Lupin and his friends face 7 dangerous criminals.”

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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)
Taro Ishida
Inspector Terry Crown (voice)
Akio Otsuka
Andy (voice)
Gen Idemitsu
Miller (voice)

Credits

Behind the camera

Director: Hideki Tonokatsu
Writers: Hiroshi Kashiwabara, Hideki Tonokatsu
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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25 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 Toshihiro Kawada. 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: "Lupin and his friends face 7 dangerous criminals.".

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Cinephile deep dive

The take

Hideki Tonokatsu directs. Toshihiro Kawada 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.
225 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 Hideki Tonokatsu, shot by Toshihiro Kawada. 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: "Lupin and his friends face 7 dangerous criminals.".
9IMDB entry: tt0326092 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
10Only 41 TMDB ratings — you're getting ahead of the curve on this one.
11Released under 10 different titles around the world.

The technical file

Cinematography: Toshihiro Kawada
Original score: Yuji Ohno
Editing: Masatoshi Tsurubuchi
Runtime: 90 min · 1h 30m
Aspect ratio (typical): 1.37:1 (Academy)
Status: Released
Original language: JA
IMDB: Lupin the Third: Alcatraz Connection (2001)
IMDB rating: 6.7/10 · 369 votes
MPAA: TV-PG

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.