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Monkey Punch(1937-2019)

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Monkey Punch
Monkey Punch was born on 26 May 1937 in Hamanaka, Hokkaido, Japan. He was a writer, known for Le Château de Cagliostro (1979), Lupin III: Adieu, Nostradamus! (1995) and Lupin III - Mort ou vif (1996). He died on 11 April 2019 in Sakura, Chiba, Japan.
BornMay 26, 1937
DiedApril 11, 2019(81)
BornMay 26, 1937
DiedApril 11, 2019(81)
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  • Awards
    • 1 win total

Known for

Le Château de Cagliostro (1979)
Le Château de Cagliostro
7.6
  • Writer
  • 1979
Lupin III: Adieu, Nostradamus! (1995)
Lupin III: Adieu, Nostradamus!
6.9
  • Writer
  • 1995
Lupin III - Mort ou vif (1996)
Lupin III - Mort ou vif
6.8
  • Writer
  • 1996
Lupin III: Le Secret de Mamo (1978)
Lupin III: Le Secret de Mamo
6.9
  • Writer
  • 1978

Credits

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Writer

  • Lupin the IIIrd the Movie: la lignée immortelle (2025)
    Lupin the IIIrd the Movie: la lignée immortelle
    6.8
    • creator
    • 2025
  • Rupan Sansei Zenigata to Futari no Rupan (2025)
    Rupan Sansei Zenigata to Futari no Rupan
    7.0
    • creator
    • 2025
  • Tetsuji Tamayama in Jigen Daisuke (2023)
    Jigen Daisuke
    5.7
    • creator
    • 2023
  • Nicky Larson: City Hunter - Angel Dust (2023)
    Nicky Larson: City Hunter - Angel Dust
    5.9
    • characters
    • 2023
  • Rica Fukami, Kan'ichi Kurita, Daisuke Namikawa, Chika Sakamoto, Keiko Toda, Kôichi Yamadera, Akio Ôtsuka, and Miyuki Sawashiro in Lupin III vs. Cat's Eye (2023)
    Lupin III vs. Cat's Eye
    6.1
    Video
    • manga: Lupin III
    • 2023
  • Tasuku Hatanaka and Shunsuke Takeuchi in Lupin Zero (2022)
    Lupin Zero
    6.8
    TV Series
    • manga
    • 2022–2023
  • Lupin III (2021)
    Lupin III
    7.2
    TV Series
    • creator
    • 2021–2022
  • Lupin III: The First (2019)
    Lupin III: The First
    6.9
    • characters
    • 2019
  • Lupin III: Prison of the Past (2019)
    Lupin III: Prison of the Past
    6.4
    TV Movie
    • manga
    • 2019
  • Lupin the IIIrd: Mine Fujiko no Uso (2019)
    Lupin the IIIrd: Mine Fujiko no Uso
    6.9
    • creator
    • 2019
  • Lupin III: Goodbye Partner (2019)
    Lupin III: Goodbye Partner
    6.3
    TV Movie
    • creator
    • 2019
  • Kiyoshi Kobayashi, Kan'ichi Kurita, Daisuke Namikawa, Miyuki Sawashiro, and Inori Minase in Lupin III (2018)
    Lupin III
    7.8
    TV Series
    • creator
    • 2018
  • Rupan sansei: Rupan wa imamo moeteiruka? (2018)
    Rupan sansei: Rupan wa imamo moeteiruka?
    6.8
    Video
    • creator
    • 2018
  • Ryohei Suzuki in Zenigata keibu (2017)
    Zenigata keibu
    6.4
    TV Mini Series
    • manga
    • characters
    • creator
    • 2017
  • Kiyoshi Kobayashi, Kan'ichi Kurita, Daisuke Namikawa, Kôichi Yamadera, and Miyuki Sawashiro in Lupin III: La Brume de sang de Goemon Ishikawa (2017)
    Lupin III: La Brume de sang de Goemon Ishikawa
    7.3
    • creator
    • 2017

Animation Department

  • Scoopers (1987)
    Scoopers
    6.0
    • character designer
    • 1987
  • Sugata Sanshirô (1981)
    Sugata Sanshirô
    7.5
    TV Movie
    • character designer
    • 1981
  • Botchan (1980)
    Botchan
    7.1
    TV Special
    • character designer
    • 1980
  • Jackie Chan in La Hyène intrépide (1979)
    La Hyène intrépide
    6.6
    • animator: Japanese release
    • 1979

Additional Crew

  • Shun Oguri in Rupan sansei (2014)
    Rupan sansei
    5.5
    • creative consultant (uncredited)
    • 2014
  • Sourire d'enfer (2001)
    Sourire d'enfer
    6.4
    TV Series
    • Created by
    • 2005

Personal details

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  • Alternative name
    • Eiji Gamuta
  • Born
    • May 26, 1937
    • Hamanaka, Hokkaido, Japan
  • Died
    • April 11, 2019
    • Sakura, Chiba, Japan(pneumonia)

Did you know

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  • Trivia
    He cites mystery/adventure writers Agatha Christie, Robert Louis Stevenson ("Treasure Island") and Alexandre Dumas ("The Count of Monte Cristo", "The Three Musketeers"), the films of Alfred Hitchcock, the crime capers shows Mission impossible (1966) and Columbo (1971), and MAD Magazine artists Mort Drucker and Sergio Aragonés as an influence on his work.
  • Quotes
    About his pseudonym: To be honest, I don't really like the name Monkey Punch, I never have.
  • Trademarks
      Many of his stories often feature at least one character skilled with a gun.

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