Lupin the 3rd

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Lupin the 3rd

When a rival kills his mentor and runs off with the priceless Crimson Heart of Cleopatra, Lupin (Shun Oguri) sets out to steal the necklace back… and then some! But the flamboyant thief soon realizes that he’s gotta break into the world’s most secure vault to do it! If he’s gonna pull this off, he’ll need to assemble an elite band of thieves. Lupin figures that a stoic sharpshooter, a peerless swordsman, and his favorite femme fatale should do the trick! And who knows, he might get a little help from that pesky Inspector Zenigata (Tadanobu Asano) along the way! Brimming with hard-hitting action courtesy of Director Ryuhei Kitamura (Metal Gear Solid: The Twin Snakes), Lupin the 3rd steals the big screen in a high-adrenaline heist like you’ve never seen!

Streaming Services:

Available with English subtitles.

Movie Details:

Title (Japanese)ルパン三世
Movie Length133 minutes
Original LanguageJapanese
Original Japanese Premiere DateAugust 2014

Cinematic Universe:

The actors from this movie continue with their own stories in the following other adaptations (each which are standalone):

  • Inspector Zenigata (2017 Japanese TV series)
  • Jigen Daisuke (2023 Japanese movie)

Manga Details:

Characters based on the Lupin the Third (ルパン三世) manga, but this adaptation uses only original stories and not ones from the manga.

AuthorMonkey Punch (モンキー・パンチ)
Manga Length14 volumes
Availability in EnglishPortions of the original series are available in the Lupin The Third: Greatest Heists manga collections from Seven Seas in print editions

Previously a weekly seinen magazine until 2003, it has then shifted to a twice-a-month publication by Futabasha.

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