Lupin III: Dead or Alive
Lupin III: Dead or Alive | |
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Directed by | Monkey Punch |
Screenplay by | Hiroshi Kashiwabara |
Based on | Lupin III by Monkey Punch |
Produced by | Tadahito Matsumoto Shinichirō Maeda |
Starring | Kanichi Kurita Eiko Masuyama Kiyoshi Kobayashi Makio Inoue Gorō Naya |
Cinematography | Hajime Hasegawa |
Edited by | Takeshi Seyama |
Music by | Takayuki Negishi |
Production company | |
Distributed by | Toho |
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Running time | 97 minutes |
Country | Japan |
Language | Japanese |
Lupin III: Dead or Alive (ルパン三世 DEAD OR ALIVE, Rupan Sansei Deddo oa Araibu) is a 1996 Japanese
The North American release was done by
Summary
After breaking out a quartet of prisoners, including a cautious and jumpy prisoner named Spanky,
Lupin's gang kidnap "Headhunter's daughter", Emerah, to get hold of the key, but she turns out to be a Zufu police agent named Olèander. Headhunter and his right-hand man, Crisis, not only want to kill Lupin but Olèander as well: a kind of "swift justice". Meanwhile,
Lupin learns that the key is a pendant around Olèander's neck and he comes up with an idea. Headhunter, Crisis, and Olèander arrive at the island. To their surprise, Prince Panish (Lupin in disguise) also arrives at the island. He asks Olèander to give him the key. She does, and the door opens to a large laboratory. In this laboratory, the characters learn that the security nanomachines are made from pure gold. Headhunter gains all the power to control the nanomachines on the island, but he narrowly avoids being shot by Lupin (as Prince Panish). The nanomachines only stay stable near Panish, so once Lupin's disguise is broken, the nanomachines turn hostile, killing Crisis in the ensuing chaos. Headhunter is about to finish Lupin, but Lupin places a bullet in a fractured tendril and uses a knife to activate the firing pin. The bullet goes through Headhunter's head, seemingly killing him. Lupin and his friends escape the crumbling island, returning to their hideout to avoid capture by Zenigata, the inspector.
While normalcy seems to return, Headhunter suddenly reappears, moments after Jigen, Goemon, Fujiko, and Lupin have gone their separate ways. The members of the gang had planned for this, and attacked him from all sides. Goemon finishes Headhunter off by slicing through him, revealing that he was made entirely of nanomachines as he dissolves into a pile of gold dust. Zenigata shows up and attempts to cuff Lupin, but Lupin escapes by use of a fake hand. In the end, Lupin's gang goes their different ways: Jigen to the west, Goemon to the east, Fujiko to the south, and Lupin to the north.
Production
Monkey Punch designed the opening and ending, but screenwriter Hiroshi Sakakibara filled in the rest. Additionally, assistant director Hiroyuki Yano made the computers look like
Cast
Character | Japanese | English |
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Lupin III | Kanichi Kurita | Sonny Strait |
Fujiko Mine | Eiko Masuyama | Meredith McCoy |
Daisuke Jigen | Kiyoshi Kobayashi | Christopher Sabat |
Goemon Ishikawa XIII | Makio Inoue | Mike McFarland |
Inspector Zenigata | Gorō Naya | Phillip Wilburn |
Olèander | Minami Takayama | Colleen Clinkenbeard |
Prince Panish | Tōru Furuya | Sonny Strait |
General Headhunter | Banjō Ginga | Kyle Hebert |
Crisis | Nachi Nozawa | Chris Patton |
Emera | Chisa Yokoyama | Colleen Clinkenbeard |
Spanky | Shigeru Chiba | Chris Rager |
Reception
References
- ^ a b "Interview: Monkey Punch". Anime News Network. Retrieved April 13, 2012.
- ^ Interview with Monkey Punch. Lupin The Third Dead or Alive (DVD). Funimation.
External links
- Lupin III: Dead or Alive at Lupin III Encyclopedia
- Lupin III: Dead or Alive at Anime News Network's encyclopedia
- Lupin III: Dead or Alive at IMDb