Name: Lupin the Third: The Mystery of Mamo
Genre: Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Crime, Drama
Released: 1978-12-16
Duration: 102 min
Rating: 7.1
Cast: Yasuo Yamada, Kiyoshi Kobayashi, Eiko Masuyama, Makio Inoue, Gorō Naya

Lupin the Third: The Mystery of Mamo backdrop

1978·Animation·1h 42m

7.1

★

While attempting to win the affections of a beautiful rival, a master thief risks death to learn the secret intentions of a wealthy and seemingly immortal, but certainly ruthless, recluse.

Directed by Soji Yoshikawa

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transylvania

immortality

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thief

gentleman thief

seinen

anime

Trailer

IMDB

N/A

Cast

Yasuo Yamada

Arsène Lupin III (voice)

Kiyoshi Kobayashi

Daisuke Jigen (voice)

Eiko Masuyama

Fujiko Mine (voice)

Makio Inoue

Goemon Ishikawa XIII (voice)

Gorō Naya

Inspector Koichi Zenigata (voice)

Kō Nishimura

Mamo (voice)

Tōru Ōhira

Stuckey (voice)

Hidekatsu Shibata

Gordon (voice)

Shozo Iizuka

Flinch (voice)

Kosei Tomita

Police Commissioner (voice)

Ichirô Murakoshi

Scientist (voice)

Yûji Mikimoto

Police Officer (voice)

Crew

Soji Yoshikawa

Director

Atsushi Yamatoya

Screenplay

Soji Yoshikawa

Screenplay

Yuji Ohno

Original Music Composer

Yutaka Fujioka

Executive Producer

Shojuro Yamauchi

Animation

Kazuhiko Kato

Original Story

Tsutomu Shibayama

Layout

Yasuo Otsuka

Supervising Animation Director

Popular Reviews

35 reviews

malu

3.0★ · 04/19/26

for a ghibli movie I found this pretty boring

spacey_llama

8.0★ · 11/06/25

he looks like om nom from cut the rope wtf

jacinto

8.0★ · 11/06/25

rewatched with the knowledge that mamo was inspired by paul williams' character in phantom of the paradise #Hellyeah

Sid

8.0★ · 10/31/25

Quite the banger. While it doesn’t look quite as good as the Miyazaki one (which come on, isn’t exactly easy to match) this is filled with action, charm, and one of the more notable villains in the franchise. Good stuff!

riel

what