# Lupin III: The First (2019)

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**Original title**: *ルパン三世 THE FIRST*
**Runtime**: 93 min
**Genres**: Adventure, Animation, Comedy, Crime, Mystery
**Directed by**: Takashi Yamazaki
**Written by**: Takashi Yamazaki
**Starring**: Kanichi Kurita, Kiyoshi Kobayashi, Miyuki Sawashiro, Daisuke Namikawa, Koichi Yamadera, Suzu Hirose

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## Synopsis (in-house rewrite)

Parisian rooftops at dusk with a ticking clock 
Lupin III and companions chase the Bresson Diary 
A heist film nod to the 60s spy era.

**Mood tags**: foreign-gem, cozy, outsider, playful

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