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Lupin the Third: Dead or Alive

1996 · 95 min

A breezy, twisty caper with playful banter, slick action, and a touch of tech-flavored menace.

Genres
Animation, Action, Comedy
Tagline
$1,000,000 for Lupin!
Overview
When Lupin heads to the kingdom of Zufu to pilfer its treasure, he incurs the wrath of its psychotic ruler General Headhunter, who places a dead-or-alive bounty on his head.

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Animation, Action, Comedy
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Tone
  • lightstrength 2 of 3
  • tensestrength 2 of 3
  • whimsicalstrength 2 of 3
  • satiricalstrength 1 of 3
Pacing
brisk, 3 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
easy-watch, 2 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • heist
  • power
  • betrayal
  • loyalty
  • technology
Places
  • fantasy world
  • sea
  • single country house
Era
contemporary
Audience
teen
Form
  • ensemble
  • twist ending
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language mild
  • Violence mild
  • Sex mild
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action7
Horror2
Humour6
Realism3
Romance3
Tension5
Darkness4
Complexity5
Emotional weight3

In this series

Lupin the Third Collection

  1. Lupin the Third: The Mystery of MamoMovie · 1978
  2. The Castle of CagliostroMovie · 1979
  3. Lupin the Third: The Legend of the Gold of BabylonMovie · 1985
  4. Lupin the Third: The Fuma ConspiracyMovie · 1987
  5. Lupin the Third: Bye Bye, Lady LibertyMovie · 1989
  6. Lupin the Third: The Hemingway PapersMovie · 1990
  7. Lupin the Third: Napoleon's DictionaryMovie · 1991
  8. Lupin the Third: From Siberia with LoveMovie · 1992
  9. Lupin the Third: Voyage to DangerMovie · 1993
  10. Lupin the Third: Dragon of DoomMovie · 1994
  11. Lupin the Third: Farewell to NostradamusMovie · 1995
  12. Lupin the Third: The Pursuit of Harimao's TreasureMovie · 1995
  13. Lupin the Third: Dead or AliveMovie · 1996 This title
  14. Lupin the Third: The Secret of Twilight GeminiMovie · 1996
  15. Lupin the Third: Island of AssassinsMovie · 1997
  16. Lupin the Third: Tokyo CrisisMovie · 1998
  17. Lupin the Third: The Columbus FilesMovie · 1999
  18. Lupin the Third: Missed by a DollarMovie · 2000
  19. Lupin the Third: Alcatraz ConnectionMovie · 2001
  20. Lupin the Third: Episode 0: First ContactMovie · 2002
  21. Lupin the Third: Return of PycalMovie · 2002
  22. Lupin the Third: Operation: Return the TreasureMovie · 2003
  23. Lupin the Third: Swallowtail TattooMovie · 2004
  24. Lupin the Third: Angel TacticsMovie · 2005
  25. Lupin the Third: Seven Days RhapsodyMovie · 2006
  26. Lupin the 3rd: The Elusiveness of the FogMovie · 2007
  27. Lupin the Third: Green vs RedMovie · 2008
  28. Lupin the Third: Blood Seal of the Eternal MermaidMovie · 2011
  29. Lupin the Third: Princess of the BreezeMovie · 2013
  30. Lupin the Third: Italian GameMovie · 2016
  31. Lupin III: The FirstMovie · 2019
  32. Lupin the Third: Goodbye PartnerMovie · 2019
  33. Lupin the Third: Prison of the PastMovie · 2019
  34. LUPIN THE 3rd vs. CAT'S EYEMovie · 2023

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Genres
animation, action, comedy, drama, crime
Directed by
Hiroyuki Yano, Kazuhiko Kato
Written by
Hiroshi Kashiwabara
Starring
Kanichi Kurita, Kiyoshi Kobayashi, Eiko Masuyama, Makio Inoue, Gorō Naya, Minami Takayama, Banjo Ginga, Toru Furuya
Music
Takayuki Negishi, Yuji Ohno
Cinematography
Hajime Hasegawa
Runtime
95 min
Country
Japan
Languages
Japanese

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