Rupan sansei: Kariosutoro no shiro (1979)

User Rating:

7.7/10   

Director:

Hayao Miyazaki

Writers:

Maurice Leblanc (characters)
Hayao Miyazaki (writer)

Release Date:

3 April 1991 (USA)

Genre:

Animation | Adventure | Mystery | Romance

Tagline:

A Miyazaki classic returns the way it was meant to be seen!

Plot:

A flamboyant thief and his gang struggle to free a princess from an evil count's clutches and to learn the hidden secret to a fabulous treasure that she holds part of a key to.

Plot Keywords:

Thief | Treasure | Counterfeit | Anime | Sequel

Awards:

1 win & 1 nomination

Cast

Bob Bergen	...	Arsene Lupin III (voice: English version)
Yasuo Yamada	...	Arsene Lupin III (voice)
Eiko Masuyama	...	Fujiko Mine (voice)
Kiyoshi Kobayashi	...	Daisuke Jigen (voice)
Makio Inoue	...	Goemon Ishikawa XIII (voice)
Gorô Naya	...	Inspector Zenigata (voice)
Sumi Shimamoto	...	Lady Clarisse de Cagliostro (voice)
Tarô Ishida	...	Count Cagliostro (voice)
Kôhei Miyauchi	...	Gardener (voice)
Ichirô Nagai	...	Jodo (voice)
David Hayter	...	Arsene Lupin III (Manga Video English Dub) (as Sean Barker)
Dorothy Elias-Fahn	...	Fujiko Mine (Manga Video English Dub) (as Dorothy Melendrez)
Ivan Buckley	...	Daisuke Jigen (Manga Video English Dub)
Bridget Hoffman	...	Clarisse d'Cagliostro (voice: English version) (as Ruby Marlowe)
Kirk Thornton	...	Count Cagliostro (Manga Video English Dub) (as Sparky Thornton)

Also Known As:

Arsene Lupin and the Castle of Cagliostro
Lupin III: Castle of Cagliostro
Lupin the Third: The Castle of Cagliostro (International: English title)
The Castle of Cagliostro

Runtime:

110 min | USA:102 min

Country:

Japan

Language:

French | Japanese

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

Mono

Certification:

Japan:R (original rating) | Japan:U (re-rating) (2000) | Australia:M (DVD rating) | Australia:PG | Canada:PG | France:U | Spain:13 | UK:PG | West Germany:6

Company:

Tokyo Movie Shinsha (TMS)

Trivia:

This was Miyazaki's last "official" Lupin project. He went on to direct two TV episodes of "Shin Rupan Sansei" in 1980 under the alias "Tereki Tsutomu" before leaving Lupin for good.

Goofs:

Continuity: In the scene where Lupin saves Lady Clarisse from the shooters you can tell that the license plate ID changes continuously on all cars.

Quotes:

Fujiko Mine: The time's come to say goodbye.
[Takes off her disguise]
Lady Clarisse de Cagliostro: What are you...
Fujiko Mine: To all appearances, I'm the one woman who is employed here in the castle as your servant. But in reality, I'm a lady spy who's looking for this castle's secret. I was hoping to stay a little longer, but now Lupin's come. Everything's fallen apart, so I'm leaving.
Lady Clarisse de Cagliostro: You know that man?
Fujiko Mine: Only too well. Sometimes we're allies, at others we're enemies. Occasionally, we're even lovers. The guy's a natural born lady-killer. Watch your step around him.
[...]

Movie Connections:

Referenced in Rupan sansei: Majutsu-ou no isan (2002) (VG)

Soundtrack:

Fire Treasure

WAY better than expected!!

I don't like Japanese anime most of the time. In fact, the only anime I genuinely love comes from Miyazaki and Studio Ghibli. Now, I knew this movie was a Miyazaki film, but the fact that I'd never even SEEN or READ Lupin the series made me veeery hesitant to check this movie out. I'd seen it at the Library movie section but wasn't willing to fork over the one dollar to rent it.

I finally saw it yesterday, thanks to my sister, and MAN! was it awesome! I didn't expect it to play out like a regular Miyazaki film, but it did in every aspect I can think of: the animation style, the facial expressions, the plot, storyline and script, and the overall feel of the movie screamed Miyazaki. By the end, I even learned to love Lupin and the whole cast of characters who were all strangers to me at the beginning of the movie.

Aside from the corny 70's music, this movie was fun every step of the way. It was funny, romantic, dramatic, action-packed: everything! So I guess that sums it up well. I'm sorry I didn't watch it before, so now i'm telling you--GET THIS MOVIE! I'm sure you will find at least something in it that will entertain you.