Japan Synopsis
スウィングガールズ
“Girls meet Jazz!!!”
A tale of delinquent and lazy school girls. In their efforts to cut remedial summer math class, they end up poisoning and replacing the school's brass band.
Titles With Overlapping Themes
Films and series that share thematic tags with Swing Girls. Number on each card indicates how many keywords overlap.
Other Titles From Altamira Pictures
Comedy + Music in Japan
25 Japan titles in our catalog blend the Comedy and Music genres. Below: the top-rated of them (excluding Swing Girls itself).
The 2003–2005 Japan Window
Swing Girls holds position #62 of 298 Japan films in the 2003–2005 window, below highlighted by audience rating.
The 2000s Japan Landscape
Catalog density by release year across the 2000s in Japan, 1020 titles in total. Highlighted year (yellow) is when Swing Girls premiered alongside 95 others.
Position in Catalog
Released alongside 95 other Japan films in 2004.
The 1624th Japan title from Japan we index (earliest catalogued entry: 1899).
Our Japan catalog contains 4,579 titles in total (2,908 films).
Audience Engagement
89 audience reviews — more than 74% of Japan films in our index.
Review volume (74th percentile) outruns trending popularity (59th) — a durable title with sustained audience attention.
Thematic Fingerprint
Tags on Swing Girls, grouped by how common each theme is across the full Asian catalog. Rare tags are more distinctive signals.
- summer vacation · 5
- jazz · 4
- school club · 4
- high school band · 2
- school music band · 1
- japanese high school · 28
- schoolgirl · 22
- japan · 454
Reception Benchmarks
Ranked #1,214 of 4,579 Japan films indexed here (73rd percentile by TMDB audience score).
Rating is +0.6 points above the Japan average of 6.9/10.
Among Japan Comedy productions specifically: #449 of 1,411 (top 32%).
Production Details
| Primary Country | Japan |
|---|---|
| Original Language | Japanese |
| Production Companies | Altamira Pictures, dentsu, Fuji Television Network, TOHO |
| Runtime | 1h 45m |
| Release Date | September 11, 2004 |
| IMDb | tt0435434 |
| Official Site | www.swinggirls.jp |