Lupin the 3rd (film)

Lupin III
Theatrical release poster
Japanese name
Kanji	ルパン三世
Transcriptions Revised Hepburn Rupan Sansei
Directed by	Ryuhei Kitamura
Screenplay by	Mataichirō Yamamoto
Story by	Mataichirō Yamamoto Ryuhei Kitamura Joey O'Bryan
Based on	Lupin III by Monkey Punch
Produced by	Mataichirō Yamamoto
Starring	Shun Oguri Jerry Yan Tetsuji Tamayama Gō Ayano Meisa Kuroki Tadanobu Asano Kim Joon Thanayong Wongtrakul Nirut Sirijanya Nick Tate
Cinematography	Pedro J. Márquez
Edited by	Shūichi Kakesu
Music by	Aldo Shllaku Tomoyasu Hotei
Production companies	TBS Pictures Kadokawa Pictures Tristone Entertainment Avex Pictures TMS Entertainment East Japan Marketing & Communications Inc. Toho KDDI Corporation RKB Mainichi Broadcasting Corporation Mainichi Broadcasting System CBC Television GyaO Hokkaido Broadcasting Company Tohan Company
Distributed by	Toho
Release date	August 30, 2014 (2014-08-30)
Running time	133 minutes
Country	Japan
Languages	English Japanese
Budget	$10 million
Box office	$22.3 million[1]

Lupin III (Japanese: ルパン三世, Hepburn: Rupan Sansei) is a 2014 Japanese heist film directed by Ryuhei Kitamura and based on the 1967–69 manga series of the same name by Monkey Punch. The film stars an ensemble cast featuring Shun Oguri, Jerry Yan, Tetsuji Tamayama, Gō Ayano, Meisa Kuroki and Tadanobu Asano. It is the second live action film adaptation of the manga, following Lupin III: Strange Psychokinetic Strategy (1974).

The film is an origin story that presents its characters in a modernized context,^[2][3] and follows the title character as he forms his thieving gang to steal a Cleopatran necklace while facing opposition from Michael Lee, his rival, and Pramuk, a crime boss.

Lupin the 3rd premiered in Japan on August 30, 2014, and made its international premiere at LA EigaFest 2014.^[4] Although financially successful, critical and audience opinions of the film were mixed to negative, with criticism frequently focusing on the film's derivative and convoluted narrative. Other areas of the production, such as the cast's delivery of the screenplay's largely English dialogue, were also frequently targeted for criticism.