Lupin the Third: The Castle of Cagliostro (1979) Rupan sansei: Kariosutoro no shiro (original title)

Director:

Hayao Miyazaki

Writers:

Monkey Punch (graphic novel series)
Hayao Miyazaki (screenplay) ...
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Release Date:

15 December 1979 (Japan)

Genre:

Animation | Adventure | Family

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 | Count | Ring | Casino

Awards:

1 win & 1 nomination

Cast

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)
Richard Barnes	...	Jodo (Manga Video) (voice: English version)
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Wayne Anthony	...	(Manga Video Dub) (voice: English version)
Sensil Astoroth	...	(Manga Video English Dub) (voice: English version)
Kinzô Azusa	...	The Archbishop (voice)
William Bassett	...	(Manga Video Dub) (voice: English version) (as Fred Bloggs)
Lauren Benjamin	...	(Manga Video English Dub) (voice: English version)
Bob Bergen	...	Arsene Lupin III (voice: English version)
Beau Billingslea	...	(Manga Video Dub) (voice: English version) (as John Daniels)
Susan Chavez	...	(Manga Video English Dub) (voice: English version)
Christopher Cunnington	...	(Manga Video English Dub) (voice: English version)
Bambi Darro	...	Bar Waitress, Woman Playing Cards (Manga Video English Dub) (voice: English version)
Andrew Ebert	...	(Manga Video English Dub) (voice: English version)
Richard Epcar	...	Goemon Ishikawa XIII (Manga Video English Dub) (voice: English version)
Michael Forest	...	(Manga Video English Dub) (voice: English version) (as Alfred Thor)
Gloria Gines	...	(Manga Video English Dub) (voice: English version)
Dougary Grant	...	(Manga Video English Dub) (voice: English version)
Kevin Guy	...	(Manga Video English Dub) (voice: English version)
Shôzô Hirabayashi	...	Interpol Secretary General (voice)
David Jeffries	...	(Manga Video English Dub) (voice: English version)
Junkichi Kamada	...	Soviet Delegate (voice)
Marlon Mann	...	(Manga Video English Dub) (voice: English version)
Michael McConnohie	...	Cagliostro (voice: English version)
Steve McGowan	...	Servant (Manga Video English Dub) (voice: English version) (as Richard Plantagenet)
Jeff Nimoy	...	(Manga Video English Dub) (voice: English version)
Akio Nojima	...	Japanese Delegate (voice)
Daran Norris	...	(Manga Video English Dub) (voice: English version) (as Jack Hammer)
Jamieson Price	...	Zenigata's Second In-Command (Manga Video English Dub) (voice: English version) (as James Lyon)
Elliot Reynolds	...	(Manga Video English Dub) (voice: English version)
Joe Romersa	...	Inspector Koichi Zenigata (Manga Video English Dub) (voice: English version)
Osamu Saka	...	British Delegate (voice)
Adam Sholder	...	(Manga Video English Dub) (voice: English version)
Peter Spellos	...	Interpol Council Member (Manga Video English Dub) (voice: English version) (as G. Gordon Baer)
Paul St. Peter	...	(voice: English version) (as George C. Cole)
Carol Stanzione	...	(Manga Video English Dub) (voice: English version)
Barry Stigler	...	Christopher (Manga Video English Dub) (voice: English version) (as Gil Starberry)
Mikio Terashima	...	West German Delegate (voice)
Tadamichi Tsuneizumi	...	Gustav (voice)
B.D. Vesbite	...	(Manga Video English Dub) (voice: English version)
Keith Roger Washington	...	(Manga Video English Dub) (voice: English version)
David Waterhouse	...	(Manga Video English Dub) (voice: English version)
Tom Wyner	...	(Manga Video English Dub) (voice: English version) (as Abe Lasser)
Yôko Yamaoka	...	Waitress (voice)
Ken Zhee	...	(Manga Video English Dub) (voice: English version)

Directed by
Hayao Miyazaki

Writing credits
Monkey Punch		(graphic novel series)
Hayao Miyazaki		(screenplay) &
Haruya Yamazaki		(screenplay) (as Harauya Yamazaki)
Maurice Leblanc		characters (as Môrisu Ruburan)

Produced by
Yutaka Fujioka	....	executive producer
Tetsuo Katayama	....	producer
Carl Macek	....	producer: USA dubbed release

Original Music by
Yuji Ono

Cinematography by
Hirokata Takahashi

Film Editing by
Masatoshi Tsurubuchi

Art Direction by
Shichirô Kobayashi

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Shigetsugu Yoshida	....	assistant director

Art Department
Hayao Miyazaki	....	storyboard artist

Sound Department
Hideyasu Iizuka	....	sound mixer
Satoshi Kato	....	recording director
Shizuo Kurahashi	....	sound effects editor

Camera and Electrical Department
Akio Hirayama	....	camera operator: Takahashi Production
Tadashi Hosono	....	camera operator: Takahashi Production
Masao Miyauchi	....	camera operator: Takahashi Production
Yoshinori Nakamura	....	camera operator: Takahashi Production
Katsumi Ohta	....	camera operator: Takahashi Production
Keizô Saitô	....	camera operator: Takahashi Production
Takuo Suzuki	....	camera operator: Takahashi Production
Nobuhisa Takahashi	....	camera operator: Takahashi Production

Animation Department
Katsushi Aoki	....	background artist
Yasunao Aoki	....	animator
Nobumasa Arakawa	....	animator
Yûko Fujie	....	background artist
Sachiko Hamada	....	inbetween artist
Masayo Hamahata	....	inbetween artist
Keiko Hara	....	animation checker
Shunsuke Harada	....	inbetween artist
Saburo Hashimoto	....	inbetween artist
Masako Hayashi	....	inbetween artist
Naoya Hayashi	....	ink and paint artist: Easy World
Yumiko Hayashi	....	background artist
Kumiko Hirama	....	inbetween artist
Toshiyuki Hiruma	....	inbetween artist
Kaoru Honda	....	inbetween artist
Tsutomu Ishigaki	....	background artist
Norichika Iwakiri	....	ink and paint artist: Studio Killy
Jinzaburo Kaiho	....	background artist
Ryôko Kashiwada	....	inbetween artist
Noriko Kato	....	ink and paint artist: Shaft
Kyoko Kawanaka	....	inbetween artist
Hideo Kawauchi	....	animator
Yayoi Kobayshi	....	inbetween artist
Junko Kojima	....	inbetween artist
Hiroko Kondô	....	color designer
Miyuki Kudo	....	background artist
Yumiko Kumamoto	....	inbetween artist
Jôji Manabe	....	animator
Koichi Maruyama	....	animator (as Koji Maruyama)
Satoshi Matsuoka	....	background artist
Yoshinobu Michihata	....	inbetween artist
Hayao Miyazaki	....	character designer
Toshiharu Mizutani	....	background artist
Rieko Mochizuki	....	inbetween artist
Hitoshi Nanba	....	inbetween artist
Hiromasa Ogura	....	background artist
Kunitoshi Okajima	....	ink and paint artist: Studio Korumi
Koji Ono	....	background artist
Masanori Ono	....	inbetween artist
Masami Ozaki	....	animator
Yoko Sakurai	....	animator
Hideyo Sano	....	animator
Harumi Shibata	....	inbetween artist
Yoshihiro Shida	....	inbetween artist
Akiko Shimada	....	animation checker
Keiko Shimazu	....	inbetween artist
Junko Shimozaki	....	animator
Nobumasa Shinkawa	....	animator
Masako Shinohara	....	animator
Noriko Shiotani	....	ink and paint artist: Studio Taj
Chisato Sunagawa	....	cel checker
Yukio Suzuki	....	inbetween artist
Miwako Takagi	....	inbetween artist
Atsuko Tanabe	....	inbetween artist
Atsuko Tanaka	....	animator
Tsukasa Tannai	....	animator
Nobuo Tomizawa	....	animator
Kazuhide Tomonaga	....	animator
Kazuhide Tomonaga	....	design supervisor
Yôko Tsukada	....	inbetween artist
Junko Tsutsumi	....	inbetween artist
Masayo Yamamoto	....	cel checker
Nizou Yamamoto	....	background artist
Shôjurô Yamauchi	....	animator
Yôko Yoshimura	....	inbetween artist
Mikako Ôsato	....	animator
Yasuo Ôtsuka	....	animation director
Yasuo Ôtsuka	....	character designer
Yasuo Ôtsuka	....	design supervisor

Music Department
Seiji Suzuki	....	music coordinator

Production Companies

• Tokyo Movie Shinsha (TMS)

Distributors

• Mikado (2007) (Italy) (theatrical)
• National CineMedia (2007) (USA) (theatrical)
• Toho Studios (1979) (Japan) (theatrical)
• Anime Virtual (2006) (Germany) (DVD)
• Buena Vista International (2001) (Japan) (DVD)
• Castle Communications (1997) (Finland) (VHS)
• FS Film Oy (2009) (Finland) (DVD)
• Manga Video (1996) (UK) (VHS)
• Manga Video (2000) (USA) (DVD)
• National Broadcasting Company (NBC) (1996) (USA) (TV) (broadcast premiere)
• Nippon Television Network Corporation (NTV) (1980) (Japan) (TV)
• Optimum Releasing (2005) (UK) (DVD)
• Streamline Pictures (1991) (USA) (all media) (subtitled)
• VCL Communications (198?) (West Germany) (VHS)

Other Companies

• Easy World  animation finishing
• Kobayashi Production  background art
• SHAFT  animation finishing
• Studio Killy  animation finishing
• Studio Korumi  animation finishing
• Studio Targe  animation finishing
• Telecom Animation Film Company  background art

Also Known As:

"Rupan sansei: Kariosutoro no shiro" - Japan (original title)

Runtime:

110 min | USA:102 min

Country:

Japan

Language:

French | Japanese | English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

Mono

Certification:

Japan:R (original rating) | Japan:U (re-rating) (2000) | Australia:M (DVD rating) | Singapore:PG | Finland:K-3 (DVD rating: 2009) | Finland:K-8 (video rating: 1997) | Argentina:Atp | Australia:PG | Canada:PG | France:U | Spain:13 | UK:PG | West Germany:6

Company:

Tokyo Movie Shinsha (TMS)

Trivia:

The film was initially a flop in Japan as it set a lighter, more cartoonish tone than normally seen in the manga; however, it achieved classic status through reruns and re-releases. In contrast, in the U.S.A. it achieved incredible popularity, where the film's DVD had more sales than "Lupin the 3rd" (1977) DVD.

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:

[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!
[...]

Movie Connections:

Referenced in Lupin III: Green vs. Red (2008) (V)

Soundtrack:

Fire Treasure

Check out the "Madman Cinema" DVD!!!

I just saw this on Madman Cinema DVD. I don't know if this is just an Australian distributor, but believe me, they've got their hearts in the right place! I swear I saw this movie when I was a kid, but I always feel that way when I watch Miyazaki's films. This one is my favourite. In terms of adventure movies, I'd say it's second only to "Raiders of the Lost Ark"! At first it's joyous, exhilarating and kind of sweet. Then watch it again and you'll see how clever the writing is and how tightly written the plot is. It does things in adventure movies that could never be done in live action. If this were a traditionally (Disney) animated film it would have sucked. Same if it were done with puppetry, stop-motion animation or CGI. But in the world of Manga, it's a perfect fit. I found it at a local library. See if you can do the same! It's a masterpiece!!!