Story of movie Legend Of The Gold Of Babylon : Lupin III: The Legend of the Gold of Babylon (Japanese: ????? ????????? Hepburn: Rupan Sansei: Babiron no ?gon Densetsu) is a 1985 Japanese animated film co-directed by Seijun Suzuki and Shigetsugu Yoshida. It is the third feature film based on Monkey Punch's popular Lupin III manga.
| Lupin III: The Legend of the Gold of Babylon | |
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| Directed by | Seijun Suzuki Shigetsugu Yoshida |
| Produced by | Tetsuo Katayama Kazushichi Sano Hidehiko Takei |
| Screenplay by | Yoshio Urasawa Atsushi Yamatoya |
| Based on | Lupin III by Monkey Punch |
| Starring | Yasuo Yamada Kiyoshi Kobayashi Eiko Masuyama Makio Inoue Gor? Naya |
| Music by | Yuji Ohno |
| Cinematography | Hajime Hasegawa |
| Edited by | Masatoshi Tsurubuchi |
Production company | Tokyo Movie Shinsha |
| Distributed by | Toho |
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Running time | 100 minutes |
| Country | Japan |
| Language | Japanese |
It was released on subtitled VHS and LaserDisc in North America by AnimEigo in 1994 under the "Rupan III" name, due to copyright concerns with Maurice Leblanc's Arsène Lupin. In 2018, Discotek Media will release it on DVD and Blu-ray under its original name with a new English dub.
Screenplay
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Arsène Lupin III 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 Koichi 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.
| Character | Japanese | English |
|---|---|---|
| Arsène Lupin III | Yasuo Yamada | Tony Oliver |
| Fujiko Mine | Eiko Masuyama | Michelle Ruff |
| Daisuke Jigen | Kiyoshi Kobayashi | Richard Epcar |
| Goemon Ishikawa XIII | Makio Inoue | Lex Lang |
| Inspector Koichi Zenigata | Gor? Naya | Doug Erholtz |
| Rosetta | Toki Shiozawa Naoko Kawai (young) |
Ellyn Stern Lauren Landa (young) |
| Marciano | Maki Carrousel | Christopher Corey Smith |
| Kowalski | Chikao ?tsuka | Taylor Henry |
| Willy | Obon | Keith Silverstein |
| Chen | Kobon | Todd Haberkorn |
| Caramel | Fumi Hirano | Lauren Landa |
| Chinjao | Keiko Han | Cindy Robinson |
| Zakusukaya | Rihoko Yoshida | Cindy Robinson |
| Saranda | Keiko Toda | Cindy Robinson |
| Lasanga | Saeko Shimazu | Michelle Ruff |
| Sam | Kenichi Ogata | Lex Lang |
This film is the only Lupin film where he wears the pink jacket from the third TV series. AnimEigo released the film with English subtitles and Japanese dialogue under the title "Rupan III: Legend of the Gold of Babylon" on VHS and LaserDisc in the North America in 1995. In 2005, Discotek Media acquired it for a DVD release, however, it was later cancelled due to North America's declining anime industry. In August 2017, Discotek announced they will release The Legend of the Gold of Babylon on DVD and Blu-ray. It will have a new English dub featuring the same cast from Pioneer Entertainment's dub of the second Lupin anime. It was later announced that a Blu-ray will be released on November 27, 2018, while the DVD version will be released on December 18, 2018.
Mike Toole of Anime News Network stated that when he first watched the film in the 1990s, he hated it, having only known Lupin as the "smooth, gallant antihero" from The Castle of Cagliostro and The Plot of the Fuma Clan. Whereas Legend of the Gold of Babylon's version of Lupin is closer to Monkey Punch's original "rough, drunken, lecherous crook." However, a decade later, he stated that the film "goes down much smoother" having been acquainted with Suzuki's other work, the director being known for his bizarre and oddly-structured films.
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