The secret of the Lupin family treasure is out: its location is written inside a dictionary once owned by Napoleon Bonaparte himself! When the dictionary turns up as the prize for a historic motor car race, the notorious Lupin the Third and his criminal cadre race the world's superpowers to win - or steal - the Dictionary and unearth his grandfather's legacy of riches!
Direction
Dezaki's signature freeze-frames and split-screen dynamism.
Score
Yuji Ohno's jazz-funk fusion that absolutely slaps.
Practical Effects
Hand-drawn car chase sequences with genuine weight and friction.
Director
Osamu Dezaki
Yasuo Yamada
Arsène Lupin III (voice)
Kiyoshi Kobayashi
Daisuke Jigen (voice)
Eiko Masuyama
Fujiko Mine (voice)
Makio Inoue
Goemon Ishikawa XIII (voice)
Gorō Naya
Inspector Koichi Zenigata (voice)
Keiko Toda
Chieko Kido (voice)
Tōru Ōhira
Heka (voice)
Akio Otsuka
McCallum (voice)
Show Hayami
Eric (voice)
Tamio Ohki
Martin Beck (voice)
Yosuke Akimoto
Umibe President (voice)
Koichi Kitamura
Old Scientist (voice)
Aruno Tahara
Hama (voice)
Michihiro Ikemizu
French Delegate (voice)
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
This was one of Osamu Dezaki's final Lupin projects before his signature visual style influenced countless 90s action anime.
The Napoleon obsession reflects Japan's 1980s-90s fascination with European historical figures, treating Bonaparte as romantic antihero rather than warmonger.
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