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| caption = Japanese theatrical poster, designed by Monkey Punch | writer = Atsushi Yamatoya Sōji Yoshikawa | starring = Yasuo Yamada Eiko Masuyama Kiyoshi Kobayashi Makio Inoue Gorō Naya Kō Nishimura | director = Sōji Yoshikawa | producer = Yutaka Fujioka | based on = | studio = Tokyo Movie Shinsha | distributor = Toho | released = | runtime = 102 minutes | country = Japan | language = Japanese | music = Yuji Ohno | cinematography = Keishichi Kuroki | editing = Yoshiaki Aihara | budget = ¥500,000,000 ($6 million) | gross = ¥915,000,000 ($11 million) }} ''The Mystery of Mamo'', also known as ''The Secret of Mamo'', is a 1978 Japanese animated science fiction comedy adventure film; it is the first animated film of the ''Lupin III'' franchise created by manga author Monkey Punch. The film was originally released in Japanese theatres on December 16, 1978 as but was later retitled to to differentiate it from other elements of the franchise. The film was produced by animation studio Tokyo Movie Shinsha, directed by Sōji Yoshikawa and written by Yoshikawa and cult pink film screenwriter Atsushi Yamatoya. The film's plot follows master thief Arsène Lupin III and his attempts to foil Mamo, a wealthy and powerful recluse, and his bid for immortality. Since its original Japanese release, the film has been licensed to several companies for release in North America and Europe, with four different English dubs of the film being produced in that time. In 2013, North American publisher Discotek Media released the film on a DVD containing all four English dubs as well as extensive liner notes and essays about the film and its production. ==Plot== Inspector Zenigata travels to Castle Dracula to confirm reports of the execution of his long-time nemesis, Arsène Lupin III. However, the body he finds is a decoy that is being used by another Lupin to escape from the castle. Zenigata travels to Egypt, believing that Lupin will raid the Pyramids based on prior thefts of reputed immortality-granting objects. His prediction proves accurate, but Lupin and his partners Daisuke Jigen and Goemon Ishikawa XIII escape with the Philosopher's Stone. The Stone was requested by Lupin's associate and on-off lover, Fujiko Mine, who, having agreed to obtain the Stone for a mysterious client, steals it from Lupin in Paris. The benefactor reveals his name to her as Mamo, but they discover that the Stone is a fake made by Lupin. In response to the deception, Lupin and his gang are attacked by Mamo's forces before finding their hideout destroyed by his chief henchman, Flinch. Jigen and Goemon blame the destruction of their hideout on Fujiko, before quarrelling amongst themselves. Lupin eventually calms the others by promising to abandon his desires for Fujiko. With nowhere else to go, they travel toward the ocean before finding a house stocked with food and water. A wounded Fujiko comes for Lupin, forcing him to go against his earlier promise and causing Jigen and Goemon to abandon them. Fujiko drugs Lupin before Flinch arrives to take them to Mamo. Jigen later returns to find the plane leaving, but retrieves a clue to its destination. He and Goemon are later apprehended in Madrid by US Governmental forces and questioned about Mamo, but are released when they are unable to answer their questions. During the inquiry, they decipher Fujiko’s clue, leading them to the Caribbean. On a Caribbean island, Mamo, a mysterious billionaire officially known as Howard Lockewood, tells Lupin that he arranged for him to steal the Stone as a test, and that he is considering granting both him and Fujiko eternal life in admiration of their skills. Lupin, however, is more interested in the Stone, and searches Mamo's island for it. After retrieving the Stone, he and Fujiko are chased by Mamo's henchmen until they stumble across Mamo's lair. Mamo deems Lupin unworthy of eternal life and attempts to visualize his perverted nature to Fujiko, but she refuses to abandon him. The USAF launches an attack on the base, having tracked Jigen and Goemon to the island. Jigen seemingly kills Mamo and rescues Lupin and Fujiko before Goemon duels with Flinch. The altercation damages Goemon's sword, the ''Zantetsuken'', in the process, causing him to leave for training purposes. Lupin, Fujiko and Jigen travel to Colombia, where Lupin theorizes that Mamo may have gained eternal life by continuously cloning himself. They are then thrust into a vision by Mamo who reveals that he has been kept alive through his cloning process for 10,000 years, and has been responsible for virtually every major event in human history. Mamo also explains that he cloned Lupin. He then appears in person to reclaim Fujiko, and a distraught Lupin challenges him over his use of "parlour tricks". Mamo responds by setting off an earthquake through the destruction of an atomic power station. Inside a temple, Mamo explains to Fujiko that his cloning technique has never been perfected, and that he has degenerated from his original form as a result. He then decides that he and Fujiko must repopulate the Earth, and convinces her to push a button to launch nuclear missiles to achieve this end. Lupin arrives, and reveals that he rigged the missiles to explode before they could launch. Frustrated, Mamo takes Fujiko with him to a rocket launching pad and fends Lupin off with lasers. Lupin uses the tip of Goemon's Zantetsuken (given to him by Jigen earlier) to deflect the lasers, incinerating Mamo. A rocketship emerges, containing a giant brain that reveals itself to be the original Mamo. Lupin realizes that Mamo had controlled his clones resembling his body just as the rocket launches into space. Lupin and Fujiko escape the rocket's trajectory, but not before Lupin plants an explosive on it. The glass shatters, and Mamo's brain drifts toward the sun. Lupin finds Fujiko in the rubble where he is captured by Zenigata. Fujiko offers to help Lupin, but the Americans launch a missile attack on Mamo's base. Fujiko is rescued by Jigen, but Lupin and Zenigata escape on foot while handcuffed together. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「The Mystery of Mamo」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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