Rupan sansei: Pilot Film (1969)
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- Not Rated
- 13min
- Animation, Short
- 10 Nov 1969 (Japan)
- TV Short
The grandmaster thief Lupin III and his associates devise a plan to escape from the stubborn Inspector Zenigata and the mercenary samurai Goemon Ishikawa.
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Directed by
| Osamu Kobayashi | ||
| Masaaki Ôsumi | ||
Written by
| Osamu Kobayashi | ... | (screenplay) (uncredited) |
| Maurice Leblanc | ... | (original concept) |
| Monkey Punch | ... | (comic) |
Produced by
| Yutaka Fujioka | ... | producer (uncredited) |
Music by
| Norio Maeda | ||
Art Department
| Tsutomu Shibayama | ... | character designer (uncredited) |
Sound Department
| Atsumi Tashiro | ... | recording director (uncredited) |
Animation Department
| Osamu Kobayashi | ... | animator (uncredited) / story artist (uncredited) |
| Reiji Koyama | ... | background artist (uncredited) |
| Tsutomu Shibayama | ... | animator (uncredited) / story artist (uncredited) |
| Gisaburô Sugii | ... | animator (uncredited) / story artist (uncredited) |
| Yasuo Ôtsuka | ... | animation director: action scene (uncredited) / animator (uncredited) / story artist (uncredited) |
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- Discotek Media (2012) (United States) (DVD) (Included in the Lupin the 3rd: The Complete First TV Series)
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Storyline
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An introduction to the main characters of Lupin the 3rd. As we learn about who's who in this series. Zenigata tracks Lupin and his gang at an abandon mansion while Goemon wants to kill Lupin for his own purposes. While Lupin has already thought up a plan to get him and his friends out of this mess. Written by J LeGault |
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Did You Know?
| Trivia | According to Monkey Punch, Daisuke Jigen was based on James Coburn, particularly Britt, Coburn's gunslinger role in The Magnificent Seven (1960), who himself was based on Kyuzo from Seven Samurai (1954). Kiyoshi Kobayashi, Jigen's voice actor, has dubbed many of Coburn's roles in Japanese, Britt included. See more » |
| Movie Connections | Featured in Rupan sansei: Chronicles (1997). See more » |
| Crazy Credits | The film is bookended by title cards in the form of dossier covers. See more » |
| Quotes |
[first lines]
[a police inspector sits at a desk, his hand on a top secret report of Lupin, when the phone rings] Inspector Koichi Zenigata - Cinemascope version: [on the phone] Yes, this is Police Inspector Zenigata in the Investigation Department... Arsene Lupin III - Cinemascope version: Hello, Inspector. You sound carefree to me. Are you playing shogi by yourself? How AWFUL are you? Inspector Koichi Zenigata - Cinemascope version: Who is this? Arsene Lupin III - Cinemascope version: Do you mind if I play shogi with you, by phone? Inspector Koichi Zenigata - Cinemascope version: You can't be...! Arsene Lupin III - Cinemascope version: Lupin III! See more » |