is a 1974 Japanese action comedy film based on the

manga Manga (Japanese: 漫画 ) are comics or graphic novels originating from Japan. Most manga conform to a style developed in Japan in the late 19th century, and the form has a long prehistory in earlier Japanese art. The term ''manga'' is u ...

of the same name by

Monkey Punch , known by the pen name , was a Japanese manga artist, best known for his series ''Lupin III''. Life and career Katō was born in Hamanaka, Hokkaido; he began drawing at a very young age, but did not draw manga until junior high school, when h ...

. It was the first live action

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of the manga, followed by '' Lupin the 3rd'' in 2014.

Plot

Arsene Lupin III steal the couple car at the parking lot and drive around Tokyo. He met

Fujiko Mine is a fictional character created by Monkey Punch for his manga series ''Lupin III'', which debuted in ''Weekly Manga Action'' on August 10, 1967. She is a professional criminal who regularly uses her attractiveness to fool her targets. Unlike t ...

, who was being escorted to prison after being accused of stealing things. So that night, Lupin helped her escape, but Fujiko ditched him and leave him after throwing a card that cuts the branches and landed on his head, knocking him unconscious. Lupin was arrested and interrogated by police inspector Heiji Zenigata VII, but was release latter after no evidence or witness during the jailbreak. Immediately after that, Lupin meets

Daisuke Jigen is a fictional character created by Monkey Punch for his manga series ''Lupin III'', which debuted in ''Weekly Manga Action'' on August 10, 1967. Jigen is the marksman, aide-de-camp and best friend of Arsène Lupin III. Along with colleague Goe ...

, a professional

marksman A marksman is a person who is skilled in precision shooting using projectile weapons (in modern days most commonly an accurized scoped long gun such as designated marksman rifle or a sniper rifle) to shoot at high-value targets at longer-than-u ...

. Jigen explained the story: Lupin was the grandson of Arsene Lupin, a

gentleman thief A gentleman thief, gentleman burglar, lady thief, or phantom thief is a stock character in fiction. A gentleman or lady thief is characterised by impeccable manners, charm, courteousness, and the avoidance of physical force or intimidation to ...

who was active in France back in the 19th century and formed the Lupin Empire, which bundled criminal organizations around the world. However, the organization was destroyed by the Maccarone Family, a powerful international

crime syndicate Organized crime (or organised crime) is a category of transnational, national, or local groupings of highly centralized enterprises run by criminals to engage in illegal activity, most commonly for profit. While organized crime is generally th ...

led by Big Boss. Lupin's father, Arsene Lupin II and his mother escape Europe by plane and arrived in Japan, where baby Lupin III was put into an orphanage. Inspector Zenigata was told by the

Tokyo police The serves as the prefectural police department of Tokyo Metropolis. Founded in 1874, it is headed by a Superintendent-General, who is appointed by the National Public Safety Commission, and approved by the Prime Minister. The Tokyo Metro ...

Superintendent to be assigned to the Lupin Case with there two detectives Ooka (descendant of

Ōoka Tadasuke was a Japanese samurai in the service of the Tokugawa shogunate. During the reign of Tokugawa Yoshimune, as a magistrate (''machi-bugyō'') of Edo, his roles included chief of police, judge and jury, and Yamada Magistrate ( Yamada bugyō) prio ...

) & Toyama (descendant of

Tōyama Kagemoto was a hatamoto and an official of the Tokugawa shogunate during the Edo period of Japanese history. His ancestry was of the Minamoto clan of the Mino Province. His father, Kagemichi, was the magistrate of Nagasaki. Biography During his youth, K ...

). Their mission is to arrested Lupin from causing trouble around the city. Moments later, Zenigata and other officers come faced to face to Lupin at the scrap yard, but Lupin and Jigen escape together, leaving Zenigata completely injured from the chase. The Big Boss, who found out that Lupin is still alive from the massacre, sent killers and assassins to kill him from reviving his family's fortune. Meanwhile, Lupin reunited with Fujiko and decided to steal a jewel with a market value of 5.6 billion yen with 3D. Lupin succeeded in stealing it without difficulty, but after Fujiko's possession of the gemstone, Lupin and the gang are going had to deal with Inspector Zenigata's police units and

hitmen Contract killing is a form of murder or assassination in which one party hires another party to kill a targeted person or persons. It involves an illegal agreement which includes some form of payment, monetary or otherwise. Either party may be ...

of the Maccarone. Lupin managed to survived four assassination attempts (one hitman at the train yard, two snipers from the place where he slept with a woman and a six female vocal assassins at the bridge called the Dragon Sisters are being sexual harassment from Lupin at the bridge) and was very tired of being followed. So he decided to hand himself over to Zenigata for protection, leaving Jigen and Fujiko do the work all by themselves. Zenigata latter got a call from the chief to delivered the mini-figure clay statue, that wills the alien power, to the research institute as an award for arresting Lupin. Around the same time, the Maccarone Family, who knew Lupin being lock up in jail, they go on with the plan to rob the shading clay figurines, which all the lovers of the world want. Jigen visit to see Lupin as a psychiatrist and tried convincing him to stop fooling around and just inherit his father's fortune. He refused as too much work, but Jigen informs him that Fujiko is on a solo heist to spy on the bosses at the harbor where the yacht was anchored for the meeting. Feeling bad about his behavior, Lupin gathered all the courage he needs and together the two sets out n the mission to saved the world, including rescue Fujiko. Lupin and Jigen infiltrated the yacht, but only finds Fujiko's throwing card. Meanwhile, Zenigata and his police forces are delivering the stature across the mountain until they are stop by a giant rock. After pushing the rock, they were cornered by Maccarone's goons who ordered them to handed over the cargo, but Jigen managed to grab the statue using a magnet fit it onto a helicopter. As the thugs shoots at him, Zenigata uses his chance by arresting the distracting mafia, but got his feet shot by a German boss with an arm cast for a machine gun. At the mountain hut, Lupin drive his motorcycle and encountered more goons as Fujiko was being held hostage. Suddenly the hut began to collapse, but Jigen safes them in time. Lupin then confessed Fujiko his feelings for her and apologized for being so naughty. Fujiko accept his apology and decided to form a team that will make them a fortune. After delivering the statue the intitude, Zenigata was about to be awarded the Presidential Award for his honorary duty, but the government decided to give the award to Lupin for his action of saving the peace from evil. Being jealous of not getting a prize, the chief gave a thank you letter from the public to Zenigata and orders him to delivered it to Lupin in person. At the dock, Lupin promised his father that he will take very serious and to put as the new head of the family, with Jigen and Fujiko as partners. Zenigata arrived to tell Lupin about the letter, but they ran off as they think he will catches them. The movie came to an end as a beginning of a running chase between comical thieves and blubbering police inspector.

Cast

Yūki Meguro Yūki Meguro ( ja, 目黒祐樹) is a Japanese actor. He is the son of jidaigeki actor Jūshirō Konoe and had an older brother Hiroki Matsukata. He was nominated for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Limited Series for his work in Shōgun in 19 ...

Arsène Lupin III is a fictional character created by Kazuhiko Kato aka Monkey Punch as the protagonist for his manga series ''Lupin III'', which debuted in ''Weekly Manga Action'' on August 10, 1967. According to his creator, Lupin is the grandson of Maurice Le ...

* Eizo Ezaki as

Kunie Tanaka was a Japanese actor. Tanaka first made a name for himself as the lecherous antagonist of the ''Wakadaishō'' series (1961–1981) of films. He is also well-known for his roles in Kinji Fukasaku's yakuza films, namely the ''Battles Without Honor ...

Shirō Itō is a Japanese actor and comedian. Filmography Film * ''Zatoichi and the One-Armed Swordsman'' (1971) * '' Lupin III: Strange Psychokinetic Strategy'' (1974) * ''Princess from the Moon'' (1987) * '' A Taxing Woman'' (1987) * ''Minbo'' (1992) * ...

as Inspector Heiji Zenigata VII *

Maria Anzai Maria Anzai (安西マリア, ''Anzai Maria'', b. ''Mariko Shibasaki'' on December 16, 1953 - d. March 15, 2014) was a Japanese idol. Biography Maria Anzai made her debut in 1973 with a Japanese language version of ''"Namida no Taiyō"'', or ...

as The Girl at the Wharf *

Kiyoshi Maekawa (born ) is a Japanese singer and tarento. He is best known as the first lead vocalist of Hiroshi Uchiyamada and Cool Five, which was formed in 1967 and debuted in 1969 with the Japan Record Award-winning song "Nagasaki wa Kyō mo Ame Datta". ...

as Marutakadai * Hsiao Hui-mei as The Woman in Orange Dress * "The Poppies" as The Dragon Sisters * Akira Hitomi as Detective Ōoka * Takashi Ebata as Detective Toyama *

Rinichi Yamamoto was a Japanese actor from Hokkaido. In 1953, he signed to the Toei Company and made his film debut in ''Gakusei Goninotoko''. He is most famous for playing villains and appeared more than 200 films. He also had many guest appearances as a villai ...

as Genkurobei *

Arihiro Fujimura was a Japanese actor and voice actor. He was born in Chiyoda, Tokyo. He died in 1982 of diabetes mellitus. In later life, his hometown was Kanda, Tokyo. Biography Filmography Films *'' Harenchi Gakuen'' *'' Lupin III: Strange Pychokinetic Stra ...

as The Superintendent of the Metropolitan Police * E.H. Erick as Sir Mokkinbat *

Hideyo Amamoto was a prolific Japanese actor from the Wakamatsu ward of Kitakyūshū best known for portraying Dr. Shinigami in the original '' Kamen Rider'' series as well as many other characters in tokusatsu films and the ''Godzilla'' series. Amamoto also ...

as Assassin at Orphanage * Rena Natsuki as Yamako Asama *

Fujio Tokita Fujio (written: 正行, 藤雄, 藤夫, 不二夫, 富士雄, 冨士夫, 富士夫, 富士男, 希仁男 or ふじを, ふじお in hiragana) is a masculine Japanese given name. Notable people with the name include: *, Japanese manga artist *, Mon ...

as The Vagrant * Akira Ōizumi as Ichiro Rokunawa, an Assassin *

Sachio Sakai , born , was a Japanese actor. In 1947, he made his film debut with Akira Kurosawa's ''One Wonderful Sunday''. He often worked with Akira Kurosawa and Kihachi Okamoto. Filmography Films * ''One Wonderful Sunday'' (1947) as Ticket seller * ''Drun ...

as Security chief * Toki Shiozawa *

Katsumi Ishiyama is a common Japanese given name used by either sex. Possible writings Katsumi can be written using different kanji characters and can mean: ;as a given name *克己, "overcome, self/oneself" *克巳, "overcome, sixth earthly branch" *克美, "ov ...

* Jun'ichi Tanaka as Miroku Ōguchi *

Minoru Uezu Minoru is a masculine Japanese given name. Notable people with the name include: *Minoru Arakawa (荒川實, born 1946), Japanese former president of Nintendo of America * Minoru Chiaki (千秋実, 1917–1999), Japanese actor *Minoru Fujita ( ...

as Gosaku Inakadori * Shōzō Fukuyama * Sanji Kojima * Katsuo Unno * Kyūji Aozora as Policeman at the Police Box * Kōji Aozora as Motorcycle Policeman *

Tōru Ōhira was a Japanese narrator and voice actor from the Tokyo Metropolitan Area. He was the founder of Ōhira Production and was also attached to 81 Produce. One of his best-known roles was the dub voice of Darth Vader in ''Star Wars'', on the series' h ...

* Enver Altenbay as Big Boss (uncredited)

References

External links

* {{Lupin III 1974 films Films shot in Japan Lupin the Third films Live-action films based on manga 1970s heist films Discotek Media Japanese heist films