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Lupin III: The First

Lupin III: The First
Theatrical release poster
Japanese name
Kanaルパン三世 THE FIRST
Transcriptions
Revised HepburnRupan Sansei Za Fāsuto
Directed byTakashi Yamazaki
Screenplay byTakashi Yamazaki
Based onLupin III
by Monkey Punch
Produced by
  • Shūji Abe
  • Kōji Nozaki
  • Naoaki Kitajima
  • Takeshi Itō
  • Ryota Kato
Starring
CinematographyYosuke Sakai
Edited byTomokazu Takahashi
Music byYuji Ohno
Animation byToshiya Umeda
Production
companies
Distributed byToho
Release dates
Running time
93 minutes
CountryJapan
LanguageJapanese
Box office¥1.16 billion ($11 million)[1]

Lupin III: The First (Japanese: ルパン三世 THE FIRST, Hepburn: Rupan Sansei Za Fāsuto) is a 2019 Japanese animated heist comedy film based on the 1967–69 manga series Lupin III by Monkey Punch, to whom the film is dedicated. Written and directed by Takashi Yamazaki, it was produced by TMS Entertainment and Marza Animation Planet, and is the first fully computer-animated film in the franchise. The film stars Kanichi Kurita as Lupin III, Kiyoshi Kobayashi as gunman Daisuke Jigen, Daisuke Namikawa as samurai Goemon Ishikawa XIII, Miyuki Sawashiro as Fujiko Mine, and Kōichi Yamadera as Interpol detective Zenigata.

Set during the late 1960s of the Shōwa era, the film follows gentleman thief Arsène Lupin III and his crew to Paris and Brazil to find the whereabouts of the Bresson Diary, a treasure even Lupin's grandfather Arsène Lupin failed to catch.[2] A battle for the mechanical diary is unleashed as a Nazi treasure-hunter group led by Lambert and Geralt are also in a race to steal it, with the prize that whoever deciphers its mystery will be the owners of an enormous fortune.

Lupin III: The First was theatrically released in Japan on December 6, 2019, by Toho. GKIDS released the film in North America on October 18, 2020.[3] The film earned critical acclaim, with praise directed towards its plot, vocal performances, faithfulness towards the source material, and, in particular, the animation. Many felt the series transitioned well into CGI, praising the level of detail and fluidity.[4][5][6][7]

  1. ^ "映画『ルパン三世 the First』評価は?映画情報や予告動画". 24 October 2021.
  2. ^ "Lupin The Third: About the Movie". lupin-3rd-movie.com. 11 May 2022.
  3. ^ Lupin III: The First from Takashi Yamazaki, retrieved 2020-09-29
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