Mediaset Italia 2 will broadcast 1994 TV special with title: “Lupin III: il tesoro del Titanic” (original title in english: “Lupin III – Zantestu sword is on fire”) on 26th August 2020 at 21:15 (Rome time obviously) and also the day after in late evening at 23:40.
Original Title: “Rupan Sansei – Moeyo Zantetsuken” (“Lupin III – Burn, Zantetsuken!”)
International Title: “Lupin III – Dragon of Doom”
Director: Masaharu Okuwaki
Music: Yuji Ohno
Aspect Ratio: 4:3
Running Time: 91 minutes
1st World TV Premiere (in Japan): 29th July 1994 by NTV
1st Italian TV Premiere: 14th December 2000 by Italia 1 (Mediaset Group)
Plot
Lupin, Jigen, and Fujiko are contacted by a Hong Kong gangster, Chen Zhenzhong, to steal a metal statue of a dragon lost when the Titanic sank. Lupin refuses to work for Chen, but retains in interest in the statue; his grandfather Arsène Lupin attempted and failed to steal it on that fateful voyage. The three decide to go after it on their own.
Unknown to them, the statue also contains the secret of making an impenetrable alloy that surpasses Goemon’s fantastic katana, Zantetsuken. Goemon himself has also received word of the statue’s location, and vows to retrieve it to keep his family’s honor intact, even if his rival is his old ally Lupin. A childhood friend, Kikyo, assists him in his mission. When the statue is retrieved from the wreckage by Lupin, the three groups collide in a chaotic attempt to keep the statue for themselves.
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