Lupin III: Legend of the Gold of Babylon
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| Directed by | Seijun Suzuki Shigetsugu Yoshida |
| Produced by | Tetsuo Katayama Kazushichi Sano Hidehiko Takei |
| Written by | Yoshio Urasawa Atsushi Yamatoya Monkey Punch (creator) |
| Starring | Yasuo Yamada Kiyoshi Kobayashi Eiko Masuyama Makio Inoue Goro Naya |
| Music by | Yuji Ohno |
| Cinematography | Hajime Hasegawa |
| Editing by | Masatoshi Tsurubuchi |
| Distributed by | Toho |
| Release date(s) |  July 13, 1985 |
| Running time | 100 min |
| Country | Japan |
| Language | Japanese |
| Preceded by | The Castle of Cagliostro |
| Followed by | Farewell to Nostradamus |
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Lupin III: Legend of the Gold of Babylon (ルパン三世 バビロンの黄金伝説 Rupan sansei: Babiron no Ōgon densetsu?) is a 1985 Japanese anime movie co-directed by Seijun Suzuki and Shigetsugu Yoshida. It is the third feature film in the popular Lupin III (Lupin the Third) franchise.
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[edit] Synopsis
Lupin searches for a gigantic hoard of hidden treasure originating in ancient Babylon, with the help of his usual team, a set of stone tablets, and a drunken old woman by the name of Rosetta. Complicating matters is Inspector Zenigata, who has been roped into judging the "Miss ICPO Beauty Contest" and must now drag a group of nominees around with him, all eager to prove themselves as agents.
[edit] Trivia
- This film is the only Lupin film (feature or TV) where he wears the pink jacket from the third TV series.
- Rosetta's name is most likely a reference to the Rosetta Stone, as many of her drunken chants and conversations give Lupin clues to decoding the mystery.
- The American license is currently held by Discotek Media. It is due to be re-released sometime in 2007.
- Lupin fans consider this the weakest of the feature films due to the poor animation and strange, meandering plot.
[edit] See also
[edit] External links
- Lupin III: Legend of the Gold of Babylon at the Lupin III Encyclopedia
- Lupin III: Legend of the Gold of Babylon at the Internet Movie Database
- (Japanese) Lupin III: Legend of the Gold of Babylon at the Japanese Movie Database
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| Films directed by Seijun Suzuki | ||
| 1950s | Victory Is Mine | Pure Emotions of the Sea | Satan's Town | Inn of the Floating Weeds | Eight Hours of Terror | The Naked Woman and the Gun | Underworld Beauty | Spring Never Came | Young Breasts | Voice Without a Shadow | Love Letter | Passport to Darkness | Age of Nudity | |
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| 1960s | Take Aim at the Police Van | Sleep of the Beast | Clandestine Zero Line | Everything Goes Wrong | Fighting Delinquents | Tokyo Knights | The Big Boss Who Needs No Gun | Man with a Shotgun | A New Wind Over the Mountain Pass | Blood Red Water in the Channel | Million Dollar Smash and Grab | Teen Yakuza | The Guys Who Put Money on Me | Detective Bureau 23: Go to Hell, Bastards! | Youth of the Beast | The Bastard | Kanto Wanderer | The Flower and the Angry Waves | Gate of Flesh | Our Blood Will Not Forgive | Story of a Prostitute | Story of a Bastard: Born Under a Bad Star | Tattooed Life | Carmen of Kawachi | Tokyo Drifter | Fighting Elegy | Branded to Kill | |
| 1970s | A Tale of Sorrow and Sadness | |
| 1980s | Zigeunerweisen |Kagero-za | Capone Cries a Lot | Lupin III: Legend of the Gold of Babylon | |
| 1990s | Yumeji | Marriage | |
| 2000s | Pistol Opera | Princess Raccoon | |
