(aka "Rupan sansei: Kariosutoro no shiro" or "Arsene Lupin and the Castle of Cagliostro" or "Lupin III: Castle of Cagliostro")
directed
by Hayao Miyazaki
Japan 1979
Escaping from a heist, master thief Arsene Lupin III and his
right-handed gunman Jigen, discover, that they have stolen counterfeit money.
As no one cheats Arsene Lupid III, they set out to find those who switched the
money, which takes them to the secluded European country of Cagliostro and to
the castle of the evil Count Cagliostro. Hot on his trail is of course as
always inspector Zenigata.
The character of Arsene Lupin III is in fact the grandson of the famous French
master thief Arsene Lupin, who was the creation of French writer Maurice
LeBlanc. Based upon the real life events of the master counterfeiter Count
Cagliostro, LeBlanc made it his subject for Countess Cagliostro, published
1924.
In 1971 the Manga Monkey Punch became a tv-series, on which Hayao Miyazaki
would get his debut as director (episodes 7-23), co-directing it with Isao
Takahata, who had left Toei after the misfortune with “The Little Norse
Prince”. In 1977, Miyazaki would direct two episodes of the second series,
before working with Takahata on “Future Boy Conan”, before making his feature
film directorial debut with “Castle of Cagliostro”, which co-wrote the story
with Tadashi Yamazaki, based upon the novel by LeBlanc, as well as another
LeBlanc story, The Green-Eyed Lady, for the underwater plot.
Hailed by Steven Spielberg as one of the greatest adventure films of all
times, “Castle of Cagliostro” became an instant hit, was voted Best Anime Ever
and remained so until “Nausicaä of the Valley of the Winds”. Even today, more
than 25 years old, it is surprisingly fresh and up-tempo. Full of silly humour, neck breaking action sequences and nail biting suspense, this is
indeed one incredible entertaining adventure film.
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Theatrical Release: December 15, 1979
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DVD Review: Optimum Asia - Region 2 - PAL
Big thanks to Henrik Sylow for the Review!
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| Runtime | 1:39:32 | |
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cannot say whether or not the Aspect Ratio is correct, but I doubt it, as
films normally didn't were released in 1.75:1 in 1979. But taking the
format of Optimums release and comparing it to the Region 1 1.85:1,
reveals the Region 1 as cropped into 1.85:1, missing approx 3% image on
the top. Despite being a very compressed image - halos and edge enhancements are quiet visible - the Optimum image looks pretty good. Strong saturated colors and deep blacks. Sadly it appears to be a PAL-ifired NTSC version (no 4% PAL Speed-Up), which is becoming more and more common with Asian transfers. The sound is great, but my advice is to drop the English dubbed version and go with the Japanese. Subtitles appear to be a translation of the Japanese and it is not the same as they say in English. |
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