Lupin the Third: The Castle of Cagliostro (ルパン三世 カリオストロの城)

A TOKYO MOVIE SHINSHA PRODUCTION

Stop!

Dang!

Get the cars!

After them!

What are you doing?!

Hurry UP!

Keep up the good work!

There's 5 billion here in non-sequential bills.

Here's a shower of money! Take that!

Whoa! Hot! Hot! Hot!

Steaming hot!

Bury me some more!

What's wrong, Lupin?

Let's dump it.

What?!

These are counterfeit.

Well-made, but still.

They are?!

They can't be...

We swiped these from the vault of a state-run casino.

They're Gothic bills.

Gothic bills?

Those legendary counterfeits?

So, they're even showing up at state-run casinos now, huh?

Jigen, that's it! That's our next job.

What do you say we party hard to celebrate in advance?

Paaar-tay!

Damn it!

Stupid things! Damn it! Damn it!

Damn it!

I've never heard of this Principality of Cagliostro.

Population, 3,500.

It's the world's smallest state to be a member of the UN.

And it's where the Gothic bills are coming from, huh?

It's a famous legend among those in the know.

The black hole of the world of counterfeit bills.

Black hole?

The story goes that folks who snoop around are never seen again.

Huh. Scary.

It's scary, so I'm going to sleep.

HEY.

What the heck? This spare is totally bald.

Talk about peaceful.

What the...?

Get in!

- So, who do we side with? - The woman!

Thoughtso!

The tires!

Got it!

Dang! That's no ordinary car!

Yowch !

Now, this is getting interesting!

We're taking the lead!

Took it!

The next shot won't be any ordinary slug.

Yes!

Whoa, whoa, whoa...

She's fainted.

That car's going to fall apart.

Take the wheel!

Whoa...

Whoa, whoa, whoa... Whoa!

- No, let me go! - H-Hey! No! No, no! Watch it! Down! Down! Down! Look down!

Look down, I said! Look down!

Good, that's it. Hold it right there.

Whoops?!

Hello?

Sir?!

Sir? Sir?

I'm sorry.

Hey!

Yo, Lupin.

Man, you're one sorry mess.

Uh, where'd my bride go?

Dear, oh, dear.

Damn it!

All that for one measly girl? Who the heck were they?

It's a ring.

Hold on, I've seen this somewhere bef--

What's gotten into you?!

You suddenly got all weird after seeing the ring!

Ow!

Hey, Lupin, is there something at this old castle?

It's the same crest as the one on the ring...

Lupin.

It hasn't been too long since this place was abandoned.

A fire...

Who's there?

Just passing through.

Tourists?

Well, yeah.

I thought this was supposed to be His Highness, the Prince's palace.

It still is.

This place isn't for outsiders to just come poking around.

You say this is the Prince's palace?

But it's an empty ruin.

Because of the big fire seven years ago.

Ever since the Prince and his wife passed away,

It's been left to fall apart, as you can see.

That's odd. The Prince is basically the king, right?

So, there's no king now?

There's a regent, so it's apparently not a problem.

Don't linger, you hear?

Yeah, sure.

Hey, Lupin.

You went and got all grown up...

What's up?

Don't play dumb.

- Don't play innocent with me. Out with it! - No, no, no, no! You're choking me!

No! No!

Talk! You gonna talk?!

I'll talk, I'll talk, I'll talk, I'll talk...

That's the castle of the regent, the Count of Cagliostro.

Look there.

Lower.

On the other side of the aqueduct.

It's that boat from earlier!

So, the bride is inside that castle.

There's a sluice gate there. It's exactly the same as it was back then.

You've snuck into that castle before?

It was over ten years ago.

I was gonna solve the mystery of the Gothic bills.

I was just a punk, still wet behind the ears.

And? How'd it go?

Oh, I got my butt kicked.

Turned tail and got out of there.

An autogyro, huh? Talk about old-fashioned.

That's the Count.

- Huh? - Come on, let's go look for an inn or something.

Hey...

Hey!

Jodot, that was careless.

My apologies, sir.

She was at a fitting for her wedding attire

and the men were not present at the time.

She's in the north tower now?

Yes, sir. The drugs have put her into a sound sleep.

Foreigners...

Yes, sir.

I am told that a pair of men aided her during her escape.

Find them. Dispose of them how you will.

The ring is gone!

Get me Jodot!

These letters are from the Gothic alphabet that no one uses anymore.

The Gothic alphabet?

"With light and shadow as one, it shall be restored once more."

1517.

The year is in Roman numerals.

So, this thing's 400 years old.

- Sorry for the wait! - Ooh, looks tasty.

You seem awfully preoccupied. What are you looking at?

Oh, I picked up this old ring and I was wondering if it's valuable.

Oh, my! It's pretty!

This is the Lady Clarisse's crest.

Clarisse...

Look, that's her.

That photo up there.

That's of when she was little, though.

She returned from the convent yesterday.

I imagine she's grown into a fine young lady.

The convent?

Oh, you don't know?

I thought you'd come to see Lady Clarisse and the Count's wedding, too.

Oh, so that's it!

I was thinking there were a lot of tourists here.

But I feel sorry for Lady Clarisse.

The Count is a notorious womanizer, you know.

Oh, my! Just like me!

How does tonight sound?

- Oh, please! - Well? Well?

A spy for the Count, just like we thought.

His expression changed the moment he saw the ring.

Isn't the bride enough by herself?

He wants the ring, too!

Not if I can help it!

You knew that girl we saw today was the Princess, didn't you?!

Oh, didn't I clue you in?

"With light and shadow as one, it shall be restored once more", huh?

You think it'll be some treasure that's restored?

Why you!

Wow, here comes the whole kit and caboodle!

You creep!

The Magnum doesn't work on them!

These guys are professional assassins.

Hurry!

- Whew! That sure got my blood pumping. - That was a full-blown attack.

This is one deep rabbit hole!

Yeah, this is getting interesting.

These didn't turn out well.

The quality has been on a downward spiral lately.

My apologies, sir.

But if we continue to mass-produce at our current pace...

Redo these.

And don't let the delivery date slip, either.

Yes, sir.

Who's there?

I, Jodot, have never blundered so greatly.

The rats got away.

Jodot, what's that piece of paper on your back?