The Plot of the Fuma Clan
| Lupin III: The Plot of the Fuma Clan | |
Lupin and Jigen in their modified Fiat 500, with Inspector Zenigata in pursuit, in a scene from the video.
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ルパン三世 風魔一族の陰謀 (Rupan Sansei: Fūma Ichizoku no Inbō) |
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| Genre | Action, Adventure, Comedy |
| Original video animation | |
| Directed by | Masayuki Ōzeki |
| Produced by | Koji Takeuchi |
| Written by | Makoto Naito |
| Music by | Kiyoshi Miyaura |
| Studio | TMS Entertainment |
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| Released | December 26, 1987 |
| Runtime | 73 minutes |
Lupin III: The Plot of the Fuma Clan (ルパン三世 風魔一族の陰謀 Rupan Sansei: Fūma Ichizoku no Inbō?), first released in North America as Rupan III: The Fuma Conspiracy, is the first original video animation based on Monkey Punch's Lupin III manga. It is also the first Lupin animation to not feature Yasuo Yamada (due to a tight budget) as Arsène Lupin III, who is instead voiced by Toshio Furukawa, and the only one to not feature Kiyoshi Kobayashi as Daisuke Jigen.
The movie begins at the wedding of Goemon Ishikawa XIII and his fiancée Murasaki Suminawa. During the ceremony, the Suminawa family heirloom, a valuable antique urn, is entrusted to Goemon. Before the ceremony is completed, several ninja attack and attempt to steal the urn. Lupin and his colleagues fight off the ninja, but during the confusion, another group of ninja kidnap Murasaki and leave a ransom note proposing to trade Murasaki for the antique urn.
Meanwhile, Inspector Zenigata has retired to a Buddhist temple following the apparent death of his long-time quarry, Lupin. Kazami, a colleague from the police force, tries to persuade him to return to work. Zenigata has "no interest in a world without Lupin"; but when shown a photograph of Lupin taken at the disrupted wedding, Zenigata comes out of retirement and resumes his lifelong pursuit of Lupin.
At the Suminawa household, Clan Elder Suminawa explains to Goemon that the urn holds the secret location of the Suminawa family treasure. The Fuma Clan ninja, who attacked during the wedding, have been trying to steal the urn for centuries. He refuses to trade the family urn for his granddaughter Murasaki, so Lupin steals it. Lupin and Jigen discover that the urn contains a hidden drawing revealing the location of the treasure: a cave deep in the mountains. Lupin, Jigen, and Goemon follow the ransom note instructions and exchange the urn for Murasaki, but the ninja double-cross them and start shooting. Inspector Zenigata and his officers arrive in time to see Lupin his friends escape on a train. The race is on as Lupin and company try to beat the Fuma Clan to the treasure, with Zenigata in hot pursuit.
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