Detective Conan: Crimson Love Letter

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Detective Conan: 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
  • April 15, 2017 (2017-04-15)
Running time
 112 minutes
Country Japan
Language Japanese
Box office ¥6.87 billion [2]

Detective Conan: Crimson Love Letter(名探偵コナン から紅(くれない)の 恋歌(ラブレター),Meitantei Konan: Kara Kurenai no Rabu Retta) is a 2017 Japanese animated film directed by Kobun Shizuno and written by Takahiro Okura. It is the twenty-first installment of the Case Closed film series based on the manga series of the same name by Gosho Aoyama, following the 2016 film Detective Conan: The Darkest Nightmare . The film was released in Japan on April 15, 2017. [1]

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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.

<i>Ogura Hyakunin Isshu</i> classical Japanese anthology of one hundred Japanese waka by one hundred poets

Ogura Hyakunin Isshu (小倉百人一首) is a classical Japanese anthology of one hundred Japanese waka by one hundred poets. Hyakunin isshu can be translated to "one hundred people, one poem [each]"; it can also refer to the card game of uta-garuta, which uses a deck composed of cards based on the Ogura Hyakunin Isshu.

Competitive karuta is an official Japanese card game that uses a deck of uta-garuta cards to play karuta, within the format and rules set by the All Japan Karuta Association.

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.

Shizuka Name list

Shizuka is a Japanese given name. Though the name is unisex, it is mostly used by women.

<i>Karuta</i> Japanese card game

Karuta are Japanese playing cards. Playing cards were introduced to Japan by the Portuguese traders during the mid-16th century. These early decks were used for trick-taking games. The earliest indigenous karuta was first invented in the town of Miike in Chikugo Province at around the end of the 16th century. The Miike Karuta Memorial Hall located in Ōmuta, Fukuoka is the only municipal museum in Japan dedicated specifically to the history of karuta.

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.

Arashiyama human settlement in Japan

Arashiyama is a district on the western outskirts of Kyoto, Japan. It also refers to the mountain across the Ōi River, which forms a backdrop to the district. Arashiyama is a nationally designated Historic Site and Place of Scenic Beauty.

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 is a Japanese voice actress, singer and composer. Minami is also a member of the pop group Two-Mix and a part of DoCo when it was active.

Wakana Yamazaki is a Japanese actress, voice actress and narrator who works for Aoni Production. She is best known for her role as Ran Mouri in Detective Conan, Ako in Himitsu no Akko-chan, Maria in Ghost Sweeper Mikami and Phoebe in Gulliver Boy.

Rikiya Koyama Japanese actor and voice actor

Rikiya Koyama is a Japanese actor and voice actor who is a member of Haiyuza Theatre Company. He has done popular voicing roles in Hajime no Ippo, Utawarerumono and Kamen no Maid Guy. He is also known by the nicknames "Rikki" and "Riki-chan". Koyama become well known for voicing Yamato from Naruto, Kogoro Mouri from Case Closed and Coyote Starrk from Bleach.

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 Crimson Love Letter. [3]

Yuki Suetsugu is a Japanese manga artist. Her career was put on hiatus after she was discovered being guilty of plagiarism, including tracing. She later resumed her work on March 2007.

Reception

For its opening weekend Detective Conan: 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]

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