Lupin the Third: Blood Seal of the Eternal Mermaid

"An ancient seal of blood guards an immortal secret..."

2011 1h 32m JA

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Synopsis

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Gemstone, the Mermaid's Scale, appears in a secret, underground auction. The queen of the underworld coerces Lupin into stealing the rock for her. Quickly discovering not only that the stone is a forgery, but that the real Mermaid's Scale is part of an unsolved riddle that leads to transcending mortality!

“An ancient seal of blood guards an immortal secret...”

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Cast

Kanichi Kurita
Arsène Lupin III (voice)
Kiyoshi Kobayashi
Daisuke Jigen (voice)
Miyuki Sawashiro
Fujiko Mine (voice)
Daisuke Namikawa
Goemon Ishikawa XIII (voice)
Koichi Yamadera
Inspector Koichi Zenigata (voice)
Akira Ishida
Himuro (voice)
Haruka Shibuya
Maki (voice)
Risa Shimizu
Misa (voice)

Credits

Behind the camera

Director: Teiichi Takiguchi
Writers: Michihiro Tsuchiya, Teiichi Takiguchi
Languages: Japanese
Countries: Japan

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ERA

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Released 15 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 Teiichi Takiguchi, shot by Junko Miyakawa. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.

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DIRECTOR

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Editor Yoshihiro Kasahara 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 Miyuki Sawashiro carry the top of the cast.

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FACT

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Marketing tagline: "An ancient seal of blood guards an immortal secret...".

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WILD

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IMDB entry: tt1818963 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.

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WILD

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Only 23 TMDB ratings — you're getting ahead of the curve on this one.

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Cinephile deep dive

The take

Teiichi Takiguchi directs. Junko Miyakawa behind the camera. Yoshihiro Kasahara cuts. Runs lean at under 100 minutes. Produced in Japan. Dialogue in Japanese.

Trivia

Things worth knowing

1Released 15 years ago.
2Part of the "Lupin the Third Collection" — so the characters or world continue elsewhere.
3Directed by Teiichi Takiguchi, shot by Junko Miyakawa. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.
4Editor Yoshihiro Kasahara 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 Miyuki Sawashiro carry the top of the cast.
6Marketing tagline: "An ancient seal of blood guards an immortal secret...".
7IMDB entry: tt1818963 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
8Only 23 TMDB ratings — you're getting ahead of the curve on this one.
9Released under 12 different titles around the world.

The technical file

Cinematography: Junko Miyakawa
Editing: Yoshihiro Kasahara
Runtime: 92 min · 1h 32m
Status: Released
Original language: JA
IMDB: Lupin the Third: Blood Seal of the Eternal Mermaid (2011)

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.