Rupan sansei: Pilot Film

TV Short
1969
Not Rated
13m

IMDb RATING

6.6/10

338

YOUR RATING

JapaneseAnimeHand-Drawn AnimationActionAnimationComedyCrimeShort

The grandmaster thief Lupin III and his associates devise a plan to escape from the stubborn Inspector Zenigata and the mercenary samurai Goemon Ishikawa.The grandmaster thief Lupin III and his associates devise a plan to escape from the stubborn Inspector Zenigata and the mercenary samurai Goemon Ishikawa.The grandmaster thief Lupin III and his associates devise a plan to escape from the stubborn Inspector Zenigata and the mercenary samurai Goemon Ishikawa.

Director
- Masaaki Ôsumi
Writers

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IMDb RATING

6.6/10

338

YOUR RATING

Director
- Masaaki Ôsumi
Writers

5User reviews

See production info at IMDbPro

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Trivia
According to Monkey Punch, Daisuke Jigen was based on James Coburn, particularly Britt, Coburn's gunslinger role in The Magnificent Seven (1960), who himself was based on Kyuzo from Seven Samurai (1954). Kiyoshi Kobayashi, Jigen's voice actor, has dubbed many of Coburn's roles in Japanese, Britt included.

Quotes
[first lines]
[a police inspector sits at a desk, his hand on a top secret report of Lupin, when the phone rings]
Inspector Koichi Zenigata - Cinemascope version: [on the phone] Yes, this is Police Inspector Zenigata in the Investigation Department...
Arsene Lupin III - Cinemascope version: Hello, Inspector. You sound carefree to me. Are you playing shogi by yourself? How AWFUL are you?
Inspector Koichi Zenigata - Cinemascope version: Who is this?
Arsene Lupin III - Cinemascope version: Do you mind if I play shogi with you, by phone?
Inspector Koichi Zenigata - Cinemascope version: You can't be...!
Arsene Lupin III - Cinemascope version: Lupin III!