Rupan sansei: Kariosutoro no shiro (1979)

User Rating:

7.7/10   

Director:

Hayao Miyazaki

Writers:

Maurice Leblanc (characters)
Hayao Miyazaki (writer)
(more)

Release Date:

3 April 1991 (USA)

Genre:

Animation | Adventure | Mystery | Romance

Tagline:

A Miyazaki classic returns the way it was meant to be seen!

Plot:

A flamboyant thief and his gang struggle to free a princess from an evil count's clutches and to learn the hidden secret to a fabulous treasure that she holds part of a key to.

Plot Keywords:

Treasure | Count | Ring | Thief | Casino

Awards:

1 win & 1 nomination

Cast

Bob Bergen	...	Arsene Lupin III (voice: English version)
Yasuo Yamada	...	Arsene Lupin III (voice)
Eiko Masuyama	...	Fujiko Mine (voice)
Kiyoshi Kobayashi	...	Daisuke Jigen (voice)
Makio Inoue	...	Goemon Ishikawa XIII (voice)
Gorô Naya	...	Inspector Zenigata (voice)
Sumi Shimamoto	...	Lady Clarisse de Cagliostro (voice)
Tarô Ishida	...	Count Cagliostro (voice)
Kôhei Miyauchi	...	Gardener (voice)
Ichirô Nagai	...	Jodo (voice)
David Hayter	...	Arsene Lupin III (Manga Video English Dub) (as Sean Barker)
Dorothy Elias-Fahn	...	Fujiko Mine (Manga Video English Dub) (as Dorothy Melendrez)
Ivan Buckley	...	Daisuke Jigen (Manga Video English Dub)
Bridget Hoffman	...	Clarisse d'Cagliostro (voice: English version) (as Ruby Marlowe)
Kirk Thornton	...	Count Cagliostro (Manga Video English Dub) (as Sparky Thornton)
Richard Barnes	...	Jodo (Manga Video) (voice: English version)
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Wayne Anthony	...	Additional Voices (Manga Video Dub) (voice: English version)
Sensil Astoroth	...	Additional Voices (Manga Video English Dub) (voice: English version)
Kinzô Azusa	...	The Archbishop (voice)
William Bassett	...	Additional Voices (Manga Video Dub) (voice: English version) (as Fred Bloggs)
Lauren Benjamin	...	Additional Voices (Manga Video English Dub) (voice: English version)
Beau Billingslea	...	Additional Voices (Manga Video Dub) (voice: English version) (as John Daniels)
Susan Chavez	...	Additional Voices (Manga Video English Dub) (voice: English version)
Christopher Cunnington	...	Additional Voices (Manga Video English Dub) (voice: English version)
Bambi Darro	...	Bar Waitress, Woman Playing Cards (Manga Video English Dub) (voice: English version)
Andrew Ebert	...	Additional Voices (Manga Video English Dub) (voice: English version)
Richard Epcar	...	Goemon Ishikawa XIII (Manga Video English Dub) (voice: English version)
Michael Forest	...	Additional Voices (Manga Video English Dub) (voice: English version) (as Alfred Thor)
Gloria Gines	...	Additional Voices (Manga Video English Dub) (voice: English version)
Dougary Grant	...	Additional Voices (Manga Video English Dub) (voice: English version)
Kevin Guy	...	Additional Voices (Manga Video English Dub) (voice: English version)
Shôzô Hirabayashi	...	Interpol Secretary General (voice)
David Jeffries	...	Additional Voices (Manga Video English Dub) (voice: English version)
Junkichi Kamada	...	Soviet Delegate (voice)
Marlon Mann	...	Additional Voices (Manga Video English Dub) (voice: English version)
Michael McConnohie	...	Cagliostro (voice: English version)
Jeff Nimoy	...	Additional Voices (Manga Video English Dub) (voice: English version)
Akio Nojima	...	Japanese Delegate (voice)
Daran Norris	...	Additional Voices (Manga Video English Dub) (voice: English version) (as Jack Hammer)
Richard Plantagenet	...	Servant (Manga Video English Dub) (voice: English version)
Jamieson Price	...	Zenigata's Second In-Command (Manga Video English Dub) (voice: English version) (as James Lyon)
Elliot Reynolds	...	Additional Voices (Manga Video English Dub) (voice: English version)
Joe Romersa	...	Inspector Koichi Zenigata (Manga Video English Dub) (voice: English version)
Osamu Saka	...	British Delegate (voice)
Adam Sholder	...	Additional Voices (Manga Video English Dub) (voice: English version)
Peter Spellos	...	Interpol Council Member (Manga Video English Dub) (voice: English version) (as G. Gordon Baer)
Carol Stanzione	...	Additional Voices (Manga Video English Dub) (voice: English version)
Barry Stigler	...	Christopher (Manga Video English Dub) (voice: English version) (as Gil Starberry)
Paul St. Peter	...	Additional Voices (voice: English version) (as George C. Cole)
Mikio Terashima	...	West German Delegate (voice)
Tadamichi Tsuneizumi	...	Gustav (voice)
B.D. Vesbite	...	Additional Voices (Manga Video English Dub) (voice: English version)
Keith Roger Washington	...	Additional Voices (Manga Video English Dub) (voice: English version)
David Waterhouse	...	Additional Voices (Manga Video English Dub) (voice: English version)
Tom Wyner	...	Additional Voices (Manga Video English Dub) (voice: English version) (as Abe Lasser)
Yôko Yamaoka	...	Waitress (voice)
Ken Zhee	...	Additional Voices (Manga Video English Dub) (voice: English version)

Directed by
Hayao Miyazaki

Writing credits (in alphabetical order)
Maurice Leblanc		characters
Hayao Miyazaki		writer
Monkey Punch		graphic novel series
Tadashi Yamazaki		writer (as Harauya Yamazaki)

Produced by
Yutaka Fujioka	....	executive producer
Tetsuo Katayama	....	producer
Carl Macek	....	producer: USA dubbed release

Original Music by
Yuji Ono

Cinematography by
Hirokata Takahashi

Film Editing by
Mitsutoshi Tsurubuchi

Art Direction by
Shichirô Kobayashi

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Shigetsugu Yoshida	....	assistant director

Sound Department
Hideyasu Iizuka	....	sound mixer
Satoshi Kato	....	recording director
Shizuo Kurahashi	....	sound effects editor

Animation Department
Katsushi Aoki	....	background artist
Yasunao Aoki	....	animator
Nobumasa Arakawa	....	animator
Yûko Fujie	....	background artist
Sachiko Hamada	....	inbetween artist
Masayo Hamahata	....	inbetween artist
Shunsuke Harada	....	inbetween artist
Keiko Hara	....	animation checker
Saburo Hashimoto	....	inbetween artist
Masako Hayashi	....	inbetween artist
Naoya Hayashi	....	ink and paint artist
Yumiko Hayashi	....	background artist
Kumiko Hirama	....	inbetween artist
Toshiyuki Hiruma	....	inbetween artist
Kaoru Honda	....	inbetween artist
Tsutomu Ishigaki	....	background artist
Norichika Iwakiri	....	ink and paint artist
Jinzaburo Kaiho	....	background artist
Ryôko Kashiwada	....	inbetween artist
Noriko Kato	....	ink and paint artist
Kyoko Kawanaka	....	inbetween artist
Hideo Kawauchi	....	animator
Yayoi Kobayshi	....	inbetween artist
Junko Kojima	....	inbetween artist
Hiroko Kondô	....	color designer
Miyuki Kudo	....	background artist
Yumiko Kumamoto	....	inbetween artist
Jôji Manabe	....	animator
Koji Maruyama	....	animator
Shôji Maruyama	....	animator
Satoshi Matsuoka	....	background artist
Yoshinobu Michihata	....	inbetween artist
Hayao Miyazaki	....	character designer
Toshiharu Mizutani	....	background artist
Rieko Mochizuki	....	inbetween artist
Hitoshi Nanba	....	inbetween artist
Hiromasa Ogura	....	background artist
Koji Ono	....	background artist
Masanori Ono	....	inbetween artist
Mikako Ôsato	....	animator
Yasuo Ôtsuka	....	animation director
Yasuo Ôtsuka	....	character designer
Kunitoshi Ozaki	....	ink and paint artist
Masami Ozaki	....	animator
Yoko Sakurai	....	animator
Hideyo Sano	....	animator
Harumi Shibata	....	inbetween artist
Yoshihiro Shida	....	inbetween artist
Akiko Shimada	....	animation checker
Keiko Shimazu	....	inbetween artist
Junko Shimozaki	....	animator
Nobumasa Shinkawa	....	animator
Masako Shinohara	....	animator
Noriko Shiotani	....	ink and paint artist
Chisato Sunagawa	....	cel checker
Yukio Suzuki	....	inbetween artist
Miwako Takagi	....	inbetween artist
Atsuko Tanabe	....	inbetween artist
Atsuko Tanaka	....	animator
Tsukasa Tannai	....	animator
Nobuo Tomizawa	....	animator
Kazuhide Tomonaga	....	animator
Yôko Tsukada	....	inbetween artist
Junko Tsutsumi	....	inbetween artist
Masayo Yamamoto	....	cel checker
Nizou Yamamoto	....	background artist
Shôjurô Yamauchi	....	animator
Yôko Yoshimura	....	inbetween artist

Production Companies

• Tokyo Movie Shinsha (TMS) (as New Tokyo Movie Production)

Distributors

• Mikado (2007) (Italy) (theatrical)
• National CineMedia (2007) (USA) (theatrical)
• Toho Studios (1979) (Japan) (theatrical)
• Anime Virtual (2006) (Germany) (DVD)
• Buena Vista International (2001) (Japan) (DVD)
• Castle Communications (1997) (Finland) (VHS)
• FS Film Oy (2009) (Finland) (DVD)
• Manga Video (2000) (USA) (DVD)
• Nippon Television Network Corporation (NTV) (1980) (Japan) (TV)
• Optimum Releasing (2005) (UK) (DVD)
• Streamline Pictures (1991) (USA) (subtitled)
• VCL Communications (198?) (West Germany) (VHS)

Other Companies

• Easy World  animation finishing
• Kobayashi Production  background art
• SHAFT  animation finishing
• Studio Killy  animation finishing
• Studio Korumi  animation finishing
• Studio Targe  animation finishing
• Telecom Animation Film Company  background art

Also Known As:

Arsene Lupin and the Castle of Cagliostro
Lupin III: Castle of Cagliostro
Lupin the Third: The Castle of Cagliostro (International: English title)
The Castle of Cagliostro

Runtime:

110 min | USA:102 min

Country:

Japan

Language:

French | Japanese

Colour:

Colour

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

Mono

Certification:

Japan:R (original rating) | Japan:U (re-rating) (2000) | Australia:M (DVD rating) | Singapore:PG | Finland:K-3 (DVD rating: 2009) | Finland:K-8 (video rating: 1997) | Australia:PG | Canada:PG | France:U | Spain:13 | UK:PG | West Germany:6

Company:

Tokyo Movie Shinsha (TMS)

Trivia:

This was the first anime film to be screened at the Cannes Film Festival, although not in a competitive category; later on Innocence (2004/I) would be screened in that capacity.

Goofs:

Factual errors: Counterfeit money was referred to as Japanese Won. Won is from South Korea.

Quotes:

[repeated line]
[whenever Gomone, a samurai, slices objects and not people with his sword]
Goemon Ishikawa: Once again I have cut a worthless object...

Movie Connections:

Spoofed in "Keroro gunsô: Keroro Shinryaku mo shouene dene de arimasu/Keroro inaka ni mukete totsugeki seyo! de arimasu (#1.21)" (2004)

Soundtrack:

Fire Treasure

The Adventures of Arsene Lupin III

Early feature directed by the now world famous Japanese animator, Hayao Miyazaki. A roguish thief, Lupin III, attempts to save the Lady Clarisse de Cagliostro from an evil Count, both of them well aware that she holds the secret to a legendary hidden treasure.

The animation is, unsurprisingly, much less sophisticated than in the later Studio Ghibli films, or even those released only a few years after such as "Nausicaa". However, the quality is still very high and Miyazaki's trademark attention to detail, particularly with machines, is noticeable already.

The character animation is much broader and more obviously cartoon-like but this matches the very light tone of the film - this is an all-out action comedy adventure, after all! The details in the film give it a very European feel, from the costumes to the cars (wonderfully animated Fiat 500 and Citroen 2CV), and I was most reminded of Herge's "Tintin" adventure series.

This film is good fun, though I did find the pacing a little uneven, and particularly recommended to those who enjoy their animated films a bit simpler and more conventional than most of Studio Ghibli's output.