The Castle of Cagliostro
Believe in the Thief.
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.
- Director
- Hayao Miyazaki
- Signature
- Craft · Tension · Wonder
- Worldwide
- $8M
Who's in it
Cast
The billed ensemble, with character names. Open any performer for their Nutevio filmography.
16 billed performers
The Nutevio profile
Movie DNA
How The Castle of Cagliostro actually feels to watch, measured on the twelve traits our editors track across every Nutevio title.
Story overview
What It's About
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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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The numbers
Box Office & Release
The Castle of Cagliostro returned 1.1× its budget worldwide.
- Budget
- $7M
- Opening weekend
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- Domestic gross
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- International gross
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- Worldwide gross
- $8M
- Release date
- Jul 6, 1979
- Runtime
- 1h 42m
- MPAA rating
- —
- Language
- Japanese
- Country
- Japan
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