Lupin the Third: Swallowtail Tattoo

"What's Lupin going to steal when someone steals Lupin himself?"

2004 1h 37m JA

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★6.5TMDB · 32

ActionAnimationComedyTV MovieCrime

Synopsis

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Fujiko and Lupin are kidnapped by Malkovich, a notorious criminal escaped from Alcatraz who forces Lupin to steal the "Bull's Eye," a precious stone.

“What's Lupin going to steal when someone steals Lupin himself?”

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Cast

Kanichi Kurita
Arsène Lupin III (voice)
Kiyoshi Kobayashi
Daisuke Jigen (voice)
Eiko Masuyama
Fujiko Mine (voice)
Makio Inoue
Goemon Ishikawa XIII (voice)
Gorō Naya
Inspector Koichi Zenigata (voice)
Yuu Asakawa
Rebecca Lambert (voice)
Takeshi Aono
Brian Murphy (voice)
Kōji Nakata
Joseph Malkovich (voice)

Credits

Behind the camera

Director: Hidehito Ueda
Writers: Kazuhiko Kato, Toshimichi Ohkawa
Languages: Japanese
Countries: Japan

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ERA

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Released 22 years ago.

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CINEMA

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Part of the "Lupin the Third Collection" — so the characters or world continue elsewhere.

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DIRECTOR

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Editor Jun Taguma shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.

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CAST

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Kanichi Kurita and Kiyoshi Kobayashi and Eiko Masuyama carry the top of the cast.

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FACT

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Marketing tagline: "What's Lupin going to steal when someone steals Lupin himself?".

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WILD

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IMDB entry: tt0834584 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.

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WILD

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Only 32 TMDB ratings — you're getting ahead of the curve on this one.

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Cinephile deep dive

The take

Hidehito Ueda directs. Jun Taguma cuts. Runs lean at under 100 minutes. Produced in Japan. Dialogue in Japanese.

Trivia

Things worth knowing

1Released 22 years ago.
2Part of the "Lupin the Third Collection" — so the characters or world continue elsewhere.
3Editor Jun Taguma shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.
4Kanichi Kurita and Kiyoshi Kobayashi and Eiko Masuyama carry the top of the cast.
5Marketing tagline: "What's Lupin going to steal when someone steals Lupin himself?".
6IMDB entry: tt0834584 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
7Only 32 TMDB ratings — you're getting ahead of the curve on this one.
8Released under 11 different titles around the world.

The technical file

Editing: Jun Taguma
Runtime: 97 min · 1h 37m
Status: Released
Original language: JA
Certification (US): PG-13
IMDB: Lupin the Third: Swallowtail Tattoo (2004)

Part of

Lupin the Third Collection

Lupin III is the grandson of the famous phantom thief Arséne Lupin. He is an elusive master thief who always steals his target prey. His brain is a genius, and his gun skills are top-notch, but his only flaw is that he has a weakness for cute girls. His companions are Daisuke Jigen, a gunfighter with a rapid fire rate of 0.3 seconds, Goemon Ishikawa, the 13th Samurai of the Showa era, and Fujiko Mine, a mysterious beauty. Together with these guys, who have their own quirks and quirks, they will once again receive a treasure in a spectacular manner, while trumpeting the seventh generation of Inspector Zenigata Heiji and his formidable enemies in the underworld.