Lupin the 3rd: The Elusiveness of the Fog

"What will happen to the greatest thief of our time when he finds himself out of time?"

2007 1h 30m JA

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Synopsis

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Following a lead from Fujiko, Lupin and Jigen excavate the sea floor in Kiritappu to search for a lost underwater treasure that supposedly holds the secrets of time travel. After the Lupin gang escapes a run-in with the law, a strange man calling himself Kyousuke Mamoh strands the Lupin gang hundreds of years in the past.

“What will happen to the greatest thief of our time when he finds himself out of time?”

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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)
Shido Nakamura
Kyosuke Mamo (voice)
Houko Kuwashima
Iseka (voice)
Mari Sekine
Ofumi (voice)

Credits

Behind the camera

Director: Toshihiko Masuda
Writers: Kazuhiko Kato, Toshihiko Masuda, Yuka Yamada
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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Released 19 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 Toshihiko Masuda, 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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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 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 Eiko Masuyama carry the top of the cast.

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FACT

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Marketing tagline: "What will happen to the greatest thief of our time when he finds himself out of time?".

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Cinephile deep dive

The take

Toshihiko Masuda directs. Junko Miyakawa behind the camera. Yuji Ohno scores. Yoshihiro Kasahara 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.
2Released 19 years ago.
3Part of the "Lupin the Third Collection" — so the characters or world continue elsewhere.
4Directed by Toshihiko Masuda, shot by Junko Miyakawa. 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 Yoshihiro Kasahara 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: "What will happen to the greatest thief of our time when he finds himself out of time?".
9IMDB entry: tt1068848 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
10Only 27 TMDB ratings — you're getting ahead of the curve on this one.
11Released under 11 different titles around the world.

The technical file

Cinematography: Junko Miyakawa
Original score: Yuji Ohno
Editing: Yoshihiro Kasahara
Runtime: 90 min · 1h 30m
Status: Released
Original language: JA
Certification (US): PG-13
IMDB: Lupin the 3rd: The Elusiveness of the Fog (2007)

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.