Rupan sansei

"Sometimes, being able to put together a world-class art collection takes a thief... this time it takes an extraordinary thief!"

Dec 16 1978 PG-13 1h 42m
Action, Adventure, Animation

While attempting to win the affections of a beautiful rival, a master thief risks death to learn the secret intentions of a wealthy and seemingly immortal, but certainly ruthless, recluse.

Plot

In Transylvania, Lupin III, the notorious international thief, is hung and no one is more suprised to learn of that than Lupin III himself, who was alive and well and nowhere near that area at that time. The answer to that mystery, begins to surface when Lupin gets a seemingly ordinary pebble from an Egyptian pyramid for his would-be girlfriend, Fujiko, the mercenary thief, who is in the employ of a mysterious figure known only as Mamo. Intrigued by this bizarre request, Lupin decides to get involved and finds himself in an international chase that has a greater scope and danger than he has ever faced.

Written by

Monkey Punch, Atsushi Yamatoya, Sôji Yoshikawa

Directed by

Sôji Yoshikawa, Yasuo Ôtsuka

Production Countries

Japan

Production Companies

TMS Entertainment, Toho

Languages

Awards

1 win total

Scores
# of Votes
1,814
Average Rating
6.9 out of 10
Metascore
NA
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