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Lupin the Third: Dead or Alive

Lupin the Third: Dead or Alive

Animation · Action · Comedy · 1996

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.

Movie details

Lupin the Third: Dead or Alive

“$1,000,000 for Lupin!”

1996 Animation · Action · Comedy 1h 35m

Critical arithmetic

The consensus, allegedly.

IMDb

6.8 / 10

804 votes

TMDB

6.6 / 10

Community rating

External scores via OMDb · CC BY-NC 4.0. Values normalized for display; availability varies by title.

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.

CriticWise case file

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The archetype split

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Names above the title

The people responsible.

Directed by

Kazuhiko Kato · Hiroyuki Yano

Written by

Hiroshi Sakakibara

Kanichi Kurita

Kanichi Kurita

Arsène Lupin III (voice)

Kiyoshi Kobayashi

Kiyoshi Kobayashi

Daisuke Jigen (voice)

Eiko Masuyama

Eiko Masuyama

Fujiko Mine (voice)

Makio Inoue

Makio Inoue

Goemon Ishikawa XIII (voice)

Gorō Naya

Gorō Naya

Inspector Koichi Zenigata (voice)

Minami Takayama

Minami Takayama

Oleander (voice)

Banjo Ginga

Banjo Ginga

General Headhunter (voice)

Court is in session

Put Lupin the Third: Dead or Alive on trial.

Two incompatible taste archetypes. One film. Read the arguments, then issue a completely binding cultural ruling.

The defence The Sentimental Softie

“Its refusal to behave is the point.”

The strange choices create the kind of friction that follows you out of the theatre and into the argument.

The prosecution The Popcorn Loyalist

“Oddness is not depth.”

A film can break every rule and still leave nothing behind but the memory of how hard it tried to be singular.