Lupin the Third: Pilot Film (1969)
Original title: ルパン三世 パイロットフィルム
Lupin the Third: Pilot Film is a 1969 Japanese-language adventure movie directed by Masaaki Osumi, with a running time of 12m. It stars Taichiro Hirokawa, Kiyoshi Kobayashi and Eiko Masuyama.
The first animated adaptation of the popular manga series, this pilot introduces the main characters of "Lupin the Third" with montages, presented through a short frame narrative illustrating a typical gang escape.
Cast
- Taichiro Hirokawa as Arsène Lupin III (voice)
- Kiyoshi Kobayashi as Daisuke Jigen (voice)
- Eiko Masuyama as Fujiko Mine (voice)
- Gorō Naya as Goemon Ishikawa XIII (voice)
- Shinsuke Chikaishi as Inspector Zenigata / Narrator (voice)
- Koichi Kitamura as Kogoro Akechi (voice)
- Nobuo Tanaka as Narrator (voice)
- Nachi Nozawa as Arsène Lupin III (voice)
- Osamu Kobayashi as Goemon Ishikawa XIII (voice)
- Chikao Ohtsuka as Inspector Zenigata (voice)
- Hitoshi Takagi as Kogoro Akechi (voice)