# Lupin the Third: Swallowtail Tattoo (2004)

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**Original title**: *ルパン三世 盗まれたルパン 〜コピーキャットは真夏の蝶〜*
**Runtime**: 97 min
**Genres**: Action, Animation, Comedy, TV Movie, Crime
**Directed by**: Hidehito Ueda
**Written by**: Toshimichi Ohkawa
**Starring**: Kanichi Kurita, Kiyoshi Kobayashi, Eiko Masuyama, Makio Inoue, Gorō Naya, Yuu Asakawa

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

## Synopsis (in-house rewrite)

It promises to be the gentleman thief’s most impossible heist yet. Lupin and Fujiko get kidnapped by Malkovitch, who insists on the Bull’s Eye gem as the ransom. The film delivers precisely the mischief its fans expect.

**Mood tags**: neon-soaked, outsider, playful

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