1998 TV Special will be reaired on Italia 2 (Mediaset) on 29th April 2020 at 21:15 (Rome time) and the after day, same channel, at 23:40.
Italian TV title: “Lupin III – L’unione fa la forza”
Original title: “Rupan Sansei – Honou no kioku – Tokyo Crisis”(“Lupin III – Memories of Blaze – Tokyo Crisis”)
Director: Toshiya Shinohara
Character design: Satoshi Hirayama
Mecha design: Yoshihauri Shimizu
Music: Yuji Ohno
Studio: TMS Entertainment
TV channel: Nippon Television
World premier: 24th July 1998
Aspect ratio: 4:3
Running time: 92 min
First italian TV channel: Italia1
First italian TV premier: 3rd January 2002
Plot
Lupin attempts and fails to steal a valuable set of Japanese photographic plates. The rightful owner of the plates, Michael Suzuki, is a multimillionaire who is preparing to open a huge water park in Tokyo. Lupin attempts to enlist the help of his steadfast comrades Jigen and Goemon but find them less than reliable; Jigen is suffering from a toothache that throws off his legendary aim, and Goemon has shamefully had his sword, Zantetsuken, stolen by a woman and given to Suzuki to display in his art collection. The group works on a plan with Fujiko to get both the plates and Zantetsuken.
Meanwhile, Inspector Zenigata has a journalist named Maria following him around, reporting on his job; however, she’d much rather be investigating Suzuki. However, she, Lupin, and Zenigata eventually discover she has a connection to a dark part of Suzuki’s past, one that he will go to any lengths to eliminate.
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