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The Castle of Cagliostro (1979)
"Rupan sansei: Kariosutoro no shiro" (original title)

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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.

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Cast overview, first billed only:
Yasuo Yamada ...
Eiko Masuyama ...
Fujiko Mine (voice)
Kiyoshi Kobayashi ...
Daisuke Jigen (voice)
Makio Inoue ...
Gorô Naya ...
Sumi Shimamoto ...
Lady Clarisse de Cagliostro (voice)
Tarô Ishida ...
Kôhei Miyauchi ...
Gardener (voice)
Ichirô Nagai ...
Jodo (voice)
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Dorothy Elias-Fahn ...
Fujiko Mine (Manga Video English Dub) (as Dorothy Melendrez)
Ivan Buckley ...
Bridget Hoffman ...
Clarisse d'Cagliostro (voice) (as Ruby Marlowe)
Kirk Thornton ...
Milton James ...
Jodo (Manga Video) (voice) (as Richard Barnes)
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Reknowned international thief Lupin III (known as "Wolf" in the English dub) comes to the small European duchy of Cagliostro to investigate some excellently-forged money and stumbles across a national conspiracy going back some hundreds of years. Lupin and his friends must rescue the beautiful Clarice from the hands of the evil Count Cagliostro and solve the mystery of a hidden treasure dating back to the 15th century. Written by Christopher E. Meadows <cmeadows@nyx.cs.du.edu>

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


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15 December 1979 (Japan)  »

Also Known As:

Lupin the Third: The Castle of Cagliostro  »

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JPY 5,000,000,000 (estimated)
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Trivia

In the film, Lupin III is seen wearing a green jacket. Lupin wore a green jacket in Rupan sansei, a red jacket in Lupin the 3rd and a pink jacket in Rupan sansei: Part III. See more »

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As Lupin is pointing out the Count's castle to Jigen, the time shown on the clock tower jumps from 7:10 to 7:20 between shots. See more »

Quotes

[first lines]
Daisuke Jigen: We got five billion in various denominations! It's a shower of bills, look out!
[a pile falls on Lupin]
Lupin III: There's a lot of them, isn't there? More! Bury me with them!
[Jigen buries Lupin with the bills as ordered, but sees Lupin look downcast]
Daisuke Jigen: What's wrong, Lupin?
Lupin III: Dump them.
Daisuke Jigen: WHAT?
Lupin III: These are fakes. Good ones, but fakes.
Daisuke Jigen: These? It can't be! We stole these from the vault of the national casino!
[...]
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Referenced in Otaku no video (1991) See more »

Soundtracks

"Fire Treasure"
Lyrics by Jun Hashimoto
Music by Yuji Ono
Performed by 'Bobby (XLI)'
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Worthy of respect it's denied
16 January 1999 | by (University of Michigan) – See all my reviews

Hilarious comedy, tasteful romance, intense action, and colorful characters.. . No one who sees this movie would believe it was a low-budget 1979 flop. With world name director Miyazaki (few of his movies rank under 9 even on this database), the highly successful Lupin cast and the angelic Shimamoto as Clarisse, who WOULD believe it failed? This movie is the most underrated movie of all time.

Just make sure you acquire a GOOD translation, if one exists. Carl "the Butcher" Macek's Streamline Pictures release got horrible ratings due to his unchecked editors, unfaithful translators and third-rate voice actors. Fan-made subtitled copies are far more enjoyable, but quality is still not guaranteed. Good luck hunting; this movie is gold.


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