Feeling unhappy with his gun, Jigen is looking for the world’s best gunsmith. He finally finds out that Chiharu, who runs a watch shop, is the person he’s been seeking. Then, Jigen meets Oto, who comes to Chiharu’s shop looking for a gun. Jigen finds out about Oto's secrets and the mysterious organization that’s after her. After Oto is kidnapped, Jigen gets into a desperate battle to save her.
Cinematography
Rain-slicked Japanese streets that look like living noir paintings.
Acting
Tetsuji Tamayama's world-weary cool — he IS Jigen, hat and all.
Practical Effects
Real gun custom machining footage — oddly meditative for an action film.
Director
Hajime Hashimoto
Tetsuji Tamayama
Jigen Daisuke
Yoko Maki
Adele
Honami Sato
Ruri
Yasukaze Motomiya
Kinjo
Kazuki Namioka
Hiroshige
Eugene Nomura
Inoda
Yuuki Tsujimoto
Yuya
Rina Sakuragi
Kyoko
Yoji Tanaka
Taxi Driver
Takashi Sasano
Yamaki
Masatoshi Nagase
Takeshi Kawashima
Mitsuko Kusabue
Chiharu Yaguchi
Toru Baba
Akiyama
Eugene Nomura
Shozo Inoda
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Tetsuji Tamayama played Jigen in three live-action Lupin films before this solo spin-off — the hat finally gets its close-up.
The gunsmithing sequences were supervised by actual Japanese firearm artisans, making this oddly the most accurate gun-porn in cinema.
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