Lupin the Third: Missed by a Dollar (2000)
Outbid by a buck!
Genre : Action, Adventure, Animation, TV Movie
Runtime : 1H 31M
Director : Hideki Tonokatsu
Synopsis
Master thief Lupin the Third and his friends have to compete with a greedy banker and her minions to help solve a mystery leading to a treasure that is said to hold history's most powerful rulers.
A pair of jewels hold the secret to an even greater treasure, but there are so many obstacles in Lupin's way. The smallest one is Maki, a precocious fourteen year old girl who wants Lupin to teach her to be a thief. But what is her tie to the treasure and the mysterious girl Misa, a girl who cannot die? The secrets behind the treasure reach back even into Lupin's past; will the Blood Seal be opened?!
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