Detective Conan: The Crimson Love Letter
Detective Conan: The Crimson Love Letter | |
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Japanese | 名探偵コナン から紅の恋歌 |
Directed by | Kobun Shizuno |
Screenplay by | Takahiro Okura |
Based on |
Case Closed by Gosho Aoyama |
Music by | Katsuo Ono[1] |
Production companies | |
Distributed by | Toho Company, Ltd. |
Release date |
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Running time | 112 minutes |
Country | Japan |
Language | Japanese |
Box office | ¥6.87 billion[2] |
Detective Conan: The Crimson Love Letter (名探偵コナン から
Plot
A bombing case at Nichiuri TV in autumn. The Satsuki Cup, which crowns the winner of Japan's Ogura Hyakunin Isshu based competitive karuta tournament, is currently being filmed inside the facility. The incident results in a big commotion and, while the building is burning to ashes, the only people left inside are Heiji and Kazuha. They get rescued just in time by Conan, who rushes to the scene. Both the identity and motive of the bomber are unknown.
While confusion takes over due to the explosion, Conan meets a mysterious beautiful girl who claims she is "Heiji's fiancée". Her name is Momiji Ooka and she is the Kyoto High School karuta champion. As fate would have it, Kazuha is going to face Momiji in the Hyakunin Isshu competition, so she begins to train with the help of Heiji's mother, Shizuka, who is a skilled Karuta player.
At the same time, in a Japanese house in Arashiyama, Kyoto's outskirts, the reigning Satsuki Cup champion is murdered. Pictures of the crime scene reveal Momji's presence. Additionally, several Karuta cards were spread around the victim.
Conan and Heiji, along with the Osaka and Kyoto police departments, begin their investigation on the Satsuki Cup and the related murder case. As the inquiry goes on, they come across a secret connected with the Hyakunin Isshu.
Cast
- Minami Takayama as Conan Edogawa[1]
- Wakana Yamazaki as Ran Mōri[1]
- Rikiya Koyama as Kogorō Mōri[1]
- Ryo Horikawa as Heiji Hattori[1]
- Yuko Miyamura as Kazuha Toyama
- Megumi Hayashibara as Ai Haibara
- Yukiko Iwai as Ayumi Yoshida
- Ikue Otani as Mitsuhiko Tsuburaya
- Wataru Takagi as Genta Kojima
- Kazuhiro Yamaji as Heizo Hattori
- Masako Katsuki as Shizuka Hattori
- Masaki Terasoma as Ginshiro Toyama
- Daisuke Ono as Muga Iori
- Daisuke Miyagawa as Koji Sekine
- Riho Yoshioka as Mikiko Hiramoto
Production
Aoyama cited the live action adaptations of Yuki Suetsugu's manga series Chihayafuru among his inspirations for making Hyakunin Isshu and karuta subjects of a Conan film. He noted the Kyoto-based Karuta Queen, or national champion in the women's division, as depicted in Chihayafuru, as the model for characters in The Crimson Love Letter.[3]
Reception
For its opening weekend Detective Conan: The Crimson Love Letter set a new franchise record by selling 987,568 tickets and earning ¥1,286,928,000. The film grossed ¥6,89 billion over its theatrical run in Japan and thereby broke the cumulative Box Office record for the series as well.[2][4]
In January 2018, the film was nominated for the Japan Academy Film Prize of "Excellent Animation of the Year."[5]
Notelist
References
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 "21st Detective Conan Film Features Heiji Hattori, Kazuha Toyama". Anime News Network. November 25, 2016. Retrieved November 28, 2016.
- 1 2 歴代興収ベスト100 [Cumulative Box-office earnings, top 100 ranking] (in Japanese). Kogyo Tsushinsha. August 6, 2017. Archived from the original on August 8, 2017. Retrieved August 25, 2017.
- ↑ "「名探偵コナン」青山剛昌先生×「ちはやふる」末次由紀先生スペシャルコラボ". 青山剛昌/名探偵コナン製作委員会. 2017. Retrieved August 23, 2017.
- ↑ "21st Detective Conan Film Earns 6.35 Billion Yen, Sets New Record For Film Franchise". Anime News Network. May 29, 2017. Archived from the original on June 3, 2017.
- ↑ "Japan Academy Film Prize Announces Five Titles for "Excellent Animation of the Year"". Crunchyroll. January 16, 2018. Archived from the original on January 16, 2018. Retrieved January 16, 2018.
External links
- Conan Movie website
- Detective Conan: The Crimson Love Letter on IMDb
- Detective Conan: The Crimson Love Letter (anime) at Anime News Network's encyclopedia