Detective Conan: Sunflowers of Inferno

Detective Conan: Sunflowers of Inferno

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Japanese 名探偵コナン　業火の向日葵
Hepburn Meitantei Konan: Gōka no Himawari
Directed by Kobun Shizuno
Written by Takeharu Sakurai
Based on Detective Conan 
by Gosho Aoyama
Starring Minami Takayama
Kappei Yamaguchi
Wakana Yamazaki
Rikiya Koyama
Music by Katsuo Ono
Production
company
Distributed by Toho
Release dates
  • April 18, 2015 (2015-04-18)
Running time
 112 minutes
Country Japan
Language Japanese
Box office US$43.8 million[1]

Detective Conan: Sunflowers of Inferno (名探偵コナン　業火の向日葵 Meitantei Konan: Gōka no Himawari) is a 2015 Japanese anime film directed by Kobun Shizuno and is the nineteenth installment of the film series based on the Detective Conan anime and manga series. It was released on April 18, 2015.[2]

Plot

At an exclusive auction house in New York, a painting recently found in Arles was up for bids. It had been examined by various experts and declared to be one of Van Gogh's "Sunflowers", similar to a masterpiece thought to be destroyed during a U.S. air raid in Japan during World War II.

Jirokichi Suzuki fought off all contenders with a $300 million bid. He announced his plan to gather all seven of the known Van Gogh's Sunflowers paintings around the world for a grand exhibition. The venue would be a purpose-built gallery in Japan known as "Lake Rock", which boasted iron-clad security and protection of the art pieces against fire, damaging humidity, sunlight, etc. The announcement was broadcast live worldwide, watched by Conan and Ran.

Jirokichi also announced engagement of seven specialists, whom he called the "Seven Samurai", to oversee the exhibition and protect the Sunflowers:

  1. Keiko Anderson, a painting exhibition planning professional;
  2. Natsumi Miyadai, a painting history professional;
  3. Koji Azuma, a painting restoration and preservation professional;
  4. Kumiko Kishi, a painting exhibition professional;
  5. Taizo Ishimine, a painting transportation professional;
  6. Charlie, a New York Police Department professional engaged to safeguard the painting out of New York;
  7. Kogoro Mori, a Tokyo private detective engaged to protect the painting in Japan.

Kaito Kid made his presence known after the announcement, setting off chaos. Despite the best attempt by Charlie, he managed to flee. As Kid was seen flying off, Shinichi Kudo suddenly appeared and volunteered his services to Jirokichi.

Conan was particularly intrigued by Kid's sudden interest in masterpiece paintings, as his interests had previously been limited to gemstones. The painting was moved by an airplane with the Seven Samurai, Jirokichi, and Shinichi Kudō riding in it. However, it was revealed that Shinichi was Kid in disguise. Kid stole the painting while a bomb was set off on the airplane, but luckily, there were no casualties. Kid put the painting on the roof of a building. The painting was retrieved by Conan who was mystified by Kid's actions as Kid never did any actions that could potentially harm anyone, and suspected a "fake Kid". Meanwhile, a Kid card arrived, saying he would be stealing Gogh's second painting. Conan happened to be at the art gallery where the second painting was, and as he went off when he heard news about Kid, he put Haibara in charge of the other kids. Haibara then resumed a talk with an old woman who came to the art gallery every day to see Gogh's painting.

As the Seven Samurai were securing the painting, another Kid card appeared, hinting that the painting was already stolen ahead of time and was replaced with a replica. Tricked by it, Jirokichi ordered the painting to be reexamined, which gave Kid a chance to actually steal it. Kid demanded a lot of money for the second painting, and Jirokichi accepted. This again puzzled Conan, because Kid had never appeared to want money. The money, in cash, was placed in an isolated room with only the art gallery's director present. Conan found that the pressure in the room was increasing, as the water in a bottle in the room seemed to have increased, even though the director drank from it. Conan and Charlie stormed the room, and Kid who appeared at that room escaped, though the paintings remained intact. Jirokichi announced that the seven paintings would remain exhibiting on schedule, though Jirokichi was threatened with another Kid's card and Phosphine.

On the day of the exhibition, Kid disguised as Shinichi, attending the exhibition and leaving another warning related to the Last Supper and its betrayer, hinting that one of the Seven Samurai is the culprit for all the incident. As soon as Kid's presence was discovered, Jirokichi ordered the gallery be evacuated and asked Inspector Nakamori to perform a background check on the Seven Samurai, while Charlie pursued Kid. Suddenly, the power system went out and a fire started. Nakamori identified that Koji Azuma had previously killed his twin brother when the newly discovered painting was recovered from Arles. Azuma confessed, but denied being the culprit in the present incident. In the fierce fire, two of the paintings were left to burn, but Kid and Conan, with Ran's help, were able to activate the security mechanism and put one of the paintings to safety while the gallery was collapsing. Conan, using Shinichi's voice, then contacted everyone and concluded that Natsumi Miyadai was the true culprit. Kid and Ran were able to escape from the wreckage, but Conan was trapped inside as the water flooded the gallery. Conan used the ball to generate pressure differences to ensure the rock would explode, and went along the water stream with the last painting. He fell unconscious for a brief moment before being able to resurface to be rescued by Kogoro. Kid, who was cornered by Charlie, revealed that during the air raid in the World War II, his accomplice, Konosuke Jii, saved a woman and the painting from its destruction, and Jii asked Kid to protect the painting in order to have the woman, his first love, see the exhibition and the painting the culprit was to destroy. The woman appeared to be the old lady Haibara previously met at the art gallery. Kid then went away from Charlie.

Cast

Release

The movie is released in the Philippines on July 22, 2015, announced by SM Cinema on Facebook.[4]

Box office

It is by far the highest grossing Conan movie with most tickets sold as of August 2015. It was the fourth highest-grossing Japanese film at the Japanese box office in 2015, with ¥4.48 billion (US$37.2 million).[5]

The film was number-four on its opening weekend in China, grossing US$9.06 million.[6] It earned US$12.5 million by its second weekend.[7]

References

  1. ↑ "MEITANTEI CONAN: GOKA NO HIMAWARI". Box Office Mojo. Retrieved November 3, 2015.
  2. ↑ "19th Detective Conan Film's Teaser Previews Kaito Kid". Anime News Network. December 6, 2014. Retrieved December 12, 2014.
  3. ↑ "19th Detective Conan Film Casts Former Kara Idol Kang Jiyoung". Anime News Network. Retrieved 2015-10-30.
  4. ↑ "DETECTIVE CONAN: SUNFLOWERS OF INFERNO MOVIE SET TO PREMIERE IN THE PHILIPPINES NEXT MONTH". June 17, 2015. Retrieved December 12, 2015.
  5. ↑ "Top 10 Grossing Domestic Japanese Films of 2015 Listed". Anime News Network. January 1, 2016. Retrieved January 1, 2016.
  6. ↑ Patrick Brzeski (October 27, 2015). "China Box Office: 'Ant-Man' Stays Strong, 'Pan' Flops Hard on Debut". hollywoodreporter.com. Retrieved October 27, 2015.
  7. ↑ Patrick Frater (November 2, 2015). "China Box Office: ‘The Witness' Sees Victory Over ‘Ant-Man'". variety.com. Retrieved November 3, 2015.

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