Kiganjo of Lupin (2011)

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Kiganjo of Lupin is a 2011 Japanese movie directed by Masatoshi Akihara. The film is based Maurice Leblanc’s “L’aiguille Creuse”, known as “The Hollow Needle: The Further Adventures of Arsène Lupin” in English, but the characters and locations have been changed to fit a Japanese setting.

Movie info

Original title

ルパンの奇巌城

Transliterated title

Rupan no Kiganjō

Release date

May 7, 2011

Distributed by

Kaerucafe

Plot

A celebrity’s secretary is murdered, and a discrepancy in the testimonies of the people involved leads to utter confusion about what actually occurred. Meanwhile a female college student and amateur sleuth discovers a mysterious cypher written on a piece of paper. She attempts to track down Lupin for guidance on the cypher, but continues to be baffled.

Featured Cast

Actor		Role
	Sayuri Iwata
	Koichi Yamadera	Lupin
	Daisuke Namikawa
	Fuka Nishikawa
	Haruka Suenaga
	Hidehiko Masuda
	Inori Imamura
	Mayo Hatsune
	Mei Kurokawa
	Momoka
	Natsuki Nagamine
	Rica Matsumoto
	Sakuma Miho
	Udo Suzuki
	Yoji Matsuda

Trivia

• Arsène Lupin is a “gentleman thief” character which attained a level of popularity and longevity in French-speaking countries comparable to Sherlock Holmes in English-speaking countries. He’s also mentioned as the grandfather of the main character of the Lupin III manga and anime series.

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