| Lupin III: Strange Psychokinetic Strategy | |
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 Japanese DVD cover | |
| Directed by | Takashi Tsuboshima |
| Screenplay by | Hiroshi Nagano |
| Based on | Lupin III by Monkey Punch |
| Produced by | Yutaka Fujioka Kameo Ōki |
| Starring | Yūki Meguro Eiko Ezaki Maria Anzai Shirō Itō Kunie Tanaka Rin'ichi Yamamoto Minoru Uezu |
| Cinematography | Kōji Ichihara |
| Edited by | Sachiko Yamaji |
| Music by | Masaru Sato |
Production companies | Toho International Television Films |
| Distributed by | Toho |
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Running time | 82 minutes |
| Country | Japan |
| Language | Japanese |
Lupin III: Strange Psychokinetic Strategy (ルパン三世 念力珍作戦, lit. Rupan Sansei: Nenriki Chin Sakusen) is a 1974 Japanese action comedy film directed by Takashi Tsuboshima and based on the 1967–69 manga series Lupin III by Monkey Punch.[1][2][3] It was the first film adaptation of the manga.[4]
In the film, the grandson of the gentleman thief Arsène Lupin has no interest in reviving his family's crime organization, and lives as a vagabond. After breaking his love interest Fujiko Mine out of prison, Lupin III joins her in an ambitious jewel heist. The event allows his family's traditional enemies to locate him, and Lupin has to survive attacks by their assassins.
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