The Castle of Cagliostro (1979)
Directed by Hayao Miyazaki
After a successful robbery leaves famed thief Lupin the Third and his partner Jigen with nothing but a large amount of expertly crafted counterfeit bills, he decides to track down the forgers responsible—and steal any other treasures he may find in the Castle of Cagliostro, including the 'damsel in distress' he finds imprisoned there.
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Adapted from a Monkey Punch manga that was itself based on Maurice LeBlanc's popular super-spy Lupin, Hayao Miyazaki's first feature-length film The Castle of Cagliostro came about as an offshoot of his experiences producing television episodes of a popular Lupin series (1977-1981).
Of his nine other major films, those best known in the U.S. are ''Kiki's Delivery Service'' (1989), ''Castle in the Sky'' (1986), ''Warriors of the Wind'' (1984) and ''The Castle of Cagliostro'' (1979).
After a few films (The Castle of Cagliostro, Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind, Castle in the Sky) indebted to both science fiction and serial-extravaganza genres, Miyazaki utilized his next project as a sort of spiritual reconciliation with his homeland.
His first film, The Castle of Cagliostro, is a hilarious action adventure that inspired some of Spielberg’s Indiana Jones sequences.
Fans of anime, the classic tradition of Japanese animated film, already know Miyazaki, the acknowledged master of the form whose landmark works include “The Castle of Cagliostro” (1979) and “My Neighbor Totoro” (1988).
The Bad Guys , which is branded a Dreamworks “caper,” opens with a Reservoir Dogs -esuqe diner scene in which Mr. Wolf and Mr. Snake are engaged in a debate on what snakes can actually taste, before moving on to a magnificently choreographed car chase that is one part The Blues Brothers and one part The Castle of Cagliostro , all while building character, reinforcing chemistry, and establishing an effortless sense of cool.
I’ve seen Spirited Away and Ponyo, and gone back to Porco Rosso and The Castle of Cagliostro but I need to see more.
Miyazaki’s 1979 debut The Castle of Cagliostro and the 1984 Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind established him as a young visionary in the bustling industry of Japanese anime.
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Adapted from a Monkey Punch manga that was itself based on Maurice LeBlanc's popular super-spy Lupin, Hayao Miyazaki's first feature-length film The Castle of Cagliostro came about as an offshoot of his experiences producing television episodes of a popular Lupin series (1977-1981).
CAGLIOSTRO was the first movie directed by Hayao Miyazaki (Princess Mononoke), who had worked on television animation for several years, including an early TV version of Lupin, made in 1971-2.
All of Miyazaki’s films have had streaks of whimsy and delight to offset some of their underlying melancholy, but his 1992 feature, Porco Rosso, is the first film of his since his debut, The Castle of Cagliostro, to be a flat-out comedy.
Castle in the Sky was Miyazaki's third feature film after The Castle of Cagliostro and Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind .
Adapted from a Monkey Punch manga that was itself based on Maurice LeBlanc's popular super-spy Lupin, Hayao Miyazaki's first feature-length film The Castle of Cagliostro came about as an offshoot of his experiences producing television episodes of a popular Lupin series (1977-1981).