Summaries

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.

Lupin heads to the kingdom of Zufu with plans to steal its legendary treasure, which its late king had hidden in a mysterious drifting island off the coast. However, he discovers the island is guarded by the Nanomachine, a supercomputer security system which he and his comrades are unable to defeat. The key to getting past Nanomachine lies with the Princess of Zufu, the only surviving member of the royal family; Zufu's current leader General Headhunter had staged a coup d'etat and had the king and prince executed. Lupin's gang successfully make away with the princess, but the ruthless General places a million dollar bounty on Lupin. Meanwhile, Inspector Zenigata makes an alliance with Oleander, a deadly police agent Zufu sent to bring back the princess. With bounty hunters, the General himself, and of course Zenigata himself on his tail, can Lupin get his hands on the treasure of Zufu?—Q. Leo Rahman

Lupin and his friends travel to the country of Zufu (which resembles Iraq or Iran) and the objective is a treasure located on Drifting Island, which is guarded by an advance defense system that's years ahead of it's time. Which makes Lupin and his pals investigate on how to surpass the island's security. but our infamous thief must beware of Zufu's power hungry General Headhunter, the Zufu Police, bounty hunters, and Zenigata himself. As a million dollar reward is placed on Lupin's head, Dead or Alive.—J LeGault

Details

Keywords
  • car chase
  • 1990s
  • based on manga
  • counterfeit
  • cult tv
Genres
  • Action
  • Thriller
  • Adventure
  • Comedy
  • Fantasy
  • Sci-Fi
  • Crime
  • Animation
Release date Apr 19, 1996
Countries of origin Japan
Language English Japanese
Production companies Kyokuichi Tokyo Movie Shinsha Lupin III Production Committee Kyokuichi

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Tech specs

Runtime 1h 35m
Color Color
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