Lupin the Third: Strange Psychokinetic Strategy

Toho International Corporation Production

Nice car, isn't it? - Yeah

Hey, that's MY car!

Th-thief!

Wait!! Ahhhhh!

Thank you. Hey, wait up!!

Produced by: Yutaka Fujioka, Shunji Oki Planned by: Fujio Akazuka, Chika Nakayama

Original concept: Monkey Punch (Manga Action Comics) Script: Hiroshi Nagano

Filmed by: Kenmuro Shigen Designer: Kazuo Takenaka Lighting: Shoshichi Kojima Sound: Noboru Nishio Music: Masaru Satoh

Equipment: Biken Promotions Sets: Toho Design Wardrobe: Kyoto Costuming Hair and makeup: Katsura Kawaguchi Film developing: Toyo Developing Sound: Tokyo Eiga

Cast

Yuki Meguro

Hideko Ezaki, Shiro ltoh, Kunie Tanaka

Akira Hitomi, Takashi Ezaki, Rinichi Yamamoto, Arihiro Fujimura

Maria Anzai, Megumi, Rena Natsuki, Poppies

Kiyoshi Maekawa, Akira Oizumi, Eisei Amamoto, E. H. Eric

Sachio Sakai, Toki Shiozawa, Kokki Ishiyama, Junichi Tanaka, Minoru Uezu, Sozo Fukuyama

Sanji Kojima, Katsuo Umino, Kyuji Aozora, Koji Aozora Stunts: Uni Kizoh, Voice: Obei Toru

Kunie Tanaka

Directed by: Takashi Tsuboshima

Hey, you, take a look at this. Horrible, huh?

But I guess a fruitcake's gotta forgive another fruitcake.

That's no way to act after appealing to a man's sex drive. Now I'll have a hard time getting married.

You're gonna pay for this.

But my, you're a cutie!

Yuck.

Yuck? How rude.

H-hey, wait up!

Hey, you, don't go!

Just shut up.

Heyyy, wait up.

Arrrgh, that damn asshole. I'll get my revenge!

I got it.

Loooook, a beautiful naked woman is dead!

What?! Beautiful?! Naked?!

'Kaaaay, where is she?

She's very close by! Turn the corner and it's the third building. Hurry!

I'll go on ahead of you.

No, I'll go ahead.

No, me. I was here first.

No, not so fast. I'm first.

Niiiiice.

Merci.

Hey, Sweetie! Wanna go on a date with me tonight?

That was a very straightforward way to put it.

Of course it was. After all, I've been waiting since the day I was born to meet you.

Do you know where I'm being taken right now?

I'm serious here. I promise I'll go on a date with you

I wonder if you can.

Leave it to my psychokinesis.

I'll be expecting you tonight, then.

Bravo!

Seal it with a kiss!

What was that? My dream came true?

Awwww, come onnnn, someone help me!

I can't take it anymore.

Lupin the Third Strange Psychokinetic Strategy

Security breach! Security breach!

Over there!!

Security breach!!

It's open.

Huh?

Aw man... it's open.

Dammit, where the hell did he run off to?

Hehehe. Idiots.

Come, Mademoiselle, you have nothing more to fear. For at your side, you have a strong...

Who're you?

Huh, me? I'm Lupin.

Lunpen?

Not "Lunpen", Lupin.

LUPIN. I get it.

Yup, exactly.

By the way, who are you?

Hmmm, you rescued me without knowing?

Yup. It was love at first sight.

You have interesting taste.

Love comes at ya unexpectedly sometimes. I guess.

Nevertheless, thank you.

You SHOULD thank me. Otherwise I won't cooperate.

Goodnight, Lupin.

Gimme a break!

Listen, if you underestimate me, you'll get in trouble.

Huh?

Don't let looks deceive you, I am the seventh Zenigata descended from the famous Edo Hunter Heiji Zenigata.

I make even cranky kids shut up!

And don't forget, I'm on his staff, and I descended from Echizen Ohka, making...

Not so fast. I descended from Kinshiro Touyama, and I'm also...

Silence!! No one cares about you two!

Ouch! Son of a bitch.

Listen, where'd you put Fujiko Mine?

Where is she?

Where did she escape to?

We know you let her escape.

Fujiko Mine?

What a pretty name.

Moron.

Stop joking around, ya jackass.

Stop joking around.

Ouch!

Listen, we know full well that you let Fujiko escape.

How do you know?

Isn't the fact that you're wearing women's prison clothing enough?!

I think that's enough.

Sorry, but you're wrong.

I spent last night gazing up at the starry sky as I went on a walk.

A walk?

Yup. And then, my head was suddenly smacked,

stars came out of my eyes, and when I came to, here I was.

Arrrgh, you jackass. You amuse me.

Very well. In that case, I'll give you some extensive proof.

Listen, last night, many guards saw your face.

We're interrogating them on the other side of the glass as we speak.

Ohhh.

Hehehe, how do you like that?

Scared?

No...

Scared?

Are you scared now?

Owww!

Sir, I'm sorry to inform you that our witnesses say the action was too fast to catch the face of the criminal. That is all.

Whaaat?

Hmm?

Hehehehe. So sorry about that, Mr. Inspector.

This is getting to my head so bad it's giving me a headache.

That's enough. Ow, my nose hurts!

L-Lupin, you say??

Oui.

By the way,

Do you know of the phantom thief Arsene Lupin?

Of course! He was a brave man of our mighty present-day France.

But... a poor, lost thief.

Amen.

Amen.

Then do you know of his son, Arsene Lupin II?

No, not really.

Then I shall explain.

Lupin the 1st loved solitude. So while the first Lupin was a sort of crafty artist who worked alone,

his son was a genius at creating crime organizations.

Hmm, I see.

After he followed his father's footsteps, he united the world's organized crime units in a heartbeat,

built 311 secret bases, and had 86,313 followers under the Lupin Empire.

Hmm, that's impressive!

Er, I mean, how frightening. Amen.

Amen.

Anyways, one day, Lupin the 2nd was betrayed by his 86,313th recruit,

which caused the Lupin Empire to be crushed by the Maccherone family.

Mmmm, Those Maccherone bastards! How horrible.

Amen.

Amen.

It's him. He's the sole living member of the Lupin Empire, Daisuke Jigen.

Oui.

But... I wasn't the only survivor.

So, who else survived then?

The year was 1974!

But that's this year.

March 5th, at 8 AM!

Oui, oui.

In a small teahouse in Damascus, the capital of Syria.

I don't quite follow.

A certain organization ordered a certain bored and nearby man to look at a certain magazine shoot, and made a certain discovery.

Certain, certain, what kind of certain?

Certainly here!

This is a shot of the magazine shoot he saw.

Hmm.

By magnifying this portion of the picture by 100.

Hmm, hmm.

And then another 100 times.

Ohhh.

And then, if you zoom in another 10 times.

Oui! Oui, oui, oui, OUI!

You know this man, don't you!

Hmmmmmmm.

It's a miracle. A miracle.

This boy is the one survivor of the massacre,

and the one true heir to the Lupin Empire. He is Lupin the Third!

Look at his chest. The tattoo that Lupin the 2nd placed on all of his children is all the proof you need.

My, I've never seen something this fascinating before.

That is exactly why I came to see you about this.

Yes, he was raised here in my orphanage.

Of course, we called him "Lupin", but we didn't realize he was really a Frenchman.

Probably because of his mother.

What do you mean?

His mother was Japanese.

In addition to being a genius at creating organizations,

he was also a genius at creating children.

Oh, I see. I see. Oh, I suddenly remember something.

This is everything about his life.

Lupin, age 0.

Bad boy, Lupin!

Lupin, age 3.

Bad boy, Lupin!

Lupin, age 5.

Bad boy, Lupin!

Lupin, age 10.

Bad boy, Lupin!

Lupin, age 15.

Bad boy, Lupin!

I can still hear it, the sound of my voice.

Teaching Lupin of the harshness of life.

I was hoping he would return to us a shining star of Japan,