Rupan sansei: Nenrikichan sakusen (1974)

Director:

Takashi Tsuboshima

Writers:

Hiroshi Nagano (screenplay)
Monkey Punch (story)

Release Date:

3 August 1974 (Japan)

Genre:

Action | Comedy

Plot:

This Lupin the Third movie is set before he meets Daisuke Jigen, Goemon Ishikawa, or Fujiko Mine. It starts out with Lupin meeting a cute girl...

Plot Keywords:

Character Name In Title

Cast

Yuki Meguro	...	Lupin III
Kunie Tanaka	...	Daisuke Jigen
Shirô Itô	...	Inspector Zenigata
Arihiro Fujimura	...	The Superintendent of the Metropolitan Police
E.H. Eric	...	Sir Mokkinbat
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Maria Anzai	...	Mysterious Girl
Hideko Ezaki	...	Fujiko Mine
Takashi Ezaki	...	Toyama
Akira Hitomi	...	Oooka
Kiyoshi Maekawa	...	Marutakadai, an Assassin
Rina Natsuki	...	Yamako Asama
Akira Oizumi	...	Ichiro Rokunawa, an Assassin
Junichi Tanaka	...	Miroku Ooguchi
Minoru Uezu	...	Gosaku Inakadori
Rinichi Yamamoto	...	Genkurobei

Also Known As:

Lupin III: Strange Psychokinetic Strategy (literal English title)

Runtime:

Japan:82 min

Country:

Japan

Language:

Japanese

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Sound Mix:

Mono

Company:

Toho Company

Movie Connections:

References "Rupan sansei" (1971)

The first Lupin III movie, and in live action!

This came out before Mamo or any of the animated movies. It's a live action movie, right now, it's only in Japanese, but there's a DVD in English with subs on it, so it shouldn't be too hard to get ahold of, and if you don't mind reading, it's not out of reach. It's about how Lupin meets Jigen and Fujiko. Goemon is not in it at all.

The comedy relies much on slapstick, so you have to be in the mood for it. If you like other Lupin stuff, you'll probably like this. There is some adult content though, it's not graphic or anything, but a small warning.

If you don't know what Lupin is at all, he's a master thief, all the shows and movies are based on a manga by Monkey Punch, which is based on a series of novels by Maurice LeBlanc called Arsene Lupin. Lupin can get out of anything, especially with his companions always there to help him. Lupin's only weakness is women (that's where the comedy comes in).