Lupin the Third: Dead or Alive (1996) on Netflix
NR19961h 35mActionAdventureAnimation
Lupin III targets the national treasure of Zufu, kept on a floating island behind a nanomachine defense system. General Headhunter, Zufu's ruler, puts a bounty on him, dead or alive.
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Plot summary
After breaking four prisoners out of jail, Lupin III turns his attention to the national treasure of Zufu, which the country's late king stored for safekeeping on a mysterious floating island. The nanomachine defenses that guard the island are more than Lupin, Daisuke Jigen and Goemon Ishikawa XIII can beat on their own, and the key to the system appears linked to Prince Panish, the last of Zufu's royal family. The prince is hiding from General Headhunter, who now rules the country after seizing power in a coup and who has put a dead-or-alive bounty on Lupin. Inspector Koichi Zenigata joins the chase.
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Did you know?!Facts and trivia about Lupin the Third: Dead or Alive (1996)
Can contain spoilers, watch the movie first.
- Monkey Punch, who created Lupin III, directed the film himself even though he had turned the offer down. He accepted only because the production had a short deadline and no one else was in the director's chair.
- Assistant director Hiroyuki Yano made the computers in the film look like Apple Macintoshes, because that was Monkey Punch's favourite brand.
