Strange Psychokinetic Strategy

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name = Lupin the Third: Strange Psychokinetic Strategy


imdb_id = 0360940
writer = Hiroshi Nagano
starring = Yūki Meguro Kunie Tanaka
Hideko Ozaki
Shirō Itō
director = Takashi Tsuboshima
editor = Sachiko Yamaji
producer = Tetsuo Katayama
distributor = Toho
released = August 3, 1974
runtime = 82 min.
language = Japanese
music = Masaru Satou
awards =
budget =
nihongo|"Lupin III: Strange Psychokinetic Strategy"|ルパン三世 念力珍作戦|Rupan Sansei: Nenrikichin Sakusen was the first Lupin III movie, and was actually a live-action film.

The characters are, for the most part, quite different from the manga/anime, with the exception of Fujiko who is pretty much spot-on, and Goemon, who is totally absent from the film. Jigen is the last survivor of Lupin II's criminal empire, obliterated by the Maccherone Family. He has tracked down a dead ringer for his former boss, who turns out to be the last living of the latter's sons; thus making him Lupin III.

This Lupin is an incredibly skilled and agile thief, who has fallen in love with a beautiful prisoner (Fujiko, of course) and freed her from jail. Instead of thanking him, she knocked him out and stole his clothes, which led to his arrest by Inspector Zenigata - who in this incarnation is a bumbling slapstick character. Lupin is released due to lack of evidence, and it is here Jigen finds him. He tells him of his heritage and urges him to start rebuilding the empire and avenge his father. Lupin is largely uninterested, though, as his plans mostly involve getting laid as often as possible and especially finding a way into Fujiko's pants. He teams up with her for a burglary, which leads to further complications and run-ins with the Maccherone family. In the end, everyone has the same goal - to steal an old Dogu clay figure with "psychokinetic" powers. Zenigata has naturally been assigned to protect it...

External links

* [http://www.lupinencyclopedia.com/anime/film/strange_psychokinetic_strategy Lupin III Encyclopedia]