Detective Conan: The Million-Dollar Pentagram

"Missing samurai swords, an unsolved mystery from the Great Edo period, the battle for treasure begins..."

2024 1h 50m JA

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★6.9TMDB · 83★6.7IMDB · 1,860

AnimationCrimeMysteryAction

Synopsis

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A message has arrived from Kid the Phantom Thief, that he will steal a Japanese sword belonging to wealthy Onoe Family in Hakodate, Hokkaido. Conan and Heiji Hattori, who happened to be in Hakodate, are on the case to capture Kid. Coincidentally the family lawyer of Onoe is found murdered in the warehouse district, apparently slaughtered by a Japanese sword. The suspect is an investor/arms dealer who is said to be after Onoe family’s hidden treasure. In the North among cherry blossoms, the exciting hunt for treasure begins!

“Missing samurai swords, an unsolved mystery from the Great Edo period, the battle for treasure begins...”

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Cast

Minami Takayama
Conan Edogawa (voice)
Wakana Yamazaki
Ran Mouri (voice)
Rikiya Koyama
Kogoro Mouri (voice)
Ryo Horikawa
Heiji Hattori (voice)
Yuko Miyamura
Kazuha Toyama (voice)
Kappei Yamaguchi
Kaito Kid / Shinichi Kudou (voice)
Koji Yusa
Soshi Okita (voice)
Satsuki Yukino
Momiji Ooka (voice)

Credits

Behind the camera

Director: Chika Nagaoka
Writers: Gosho Aoyama, Takahiro Okura, Chika Nagaoka
Languages: Japanese
Countries: Japan

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ERA

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Released 2 years ago.

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CINEMA

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Part of the "Detective Conan Collection" — so the characters or world continue elsewhere.

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3 / 8

CAST

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359+ people credited in cast and crew — a small city's worth of labour.

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DIRECTOR

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Directed by Chika Nagaoka, shot by Hitoshi Nishiyama. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.

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DIRECTOR

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Original score by Yugo Kanno. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.

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6 / 8

DIRECTOR

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Editor Terumitsu Okada shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.

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7 / 8

CAST

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Minami Takayama and Wakana Yamazaki and Rikiya Koyama carry the top of the cast.

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8 / 8

FACT

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Marketing tagline: "Missing samurai swords, an unsolved mystery from the Great Edo period, the battle for treasure begins...".

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Cinephile deep dive

The take

Chika Nagaoka directs. Hitoshi Nishiyama behind the camera. Yugo Kanno scores. Terumitsu Okada cuts. Produced in Japan. Dialogue in Japanese.

Trivia

Things worth knowing

1Released 2 years ago.
2Part of the "Detective Conan Collection" — so the characters or world continue elsewhere.
3359+ people credited in cast and crew — a small city's worth of labour.
4Directed by Chika Nagaoka, shot by Hitoshi Nishiyama. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.
5Original score by Yugo Kanno. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.
6Editor Terumitsu Okada shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.
7Minami Takayama and Wakana Yamazaki and Rikiya Koyama carry the top of the cast.
8Marketing tagline: "Missing samurai swords, an unsolved mystery from the Great Edo period, the battle for treasure begins...".
9IMDB entry: tt31474158 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
10Only 83 TMDB ratings — you're getting ahead of the curve on this one.
11Classified under 10 themes, including "detective", "katana", "master thief", "romance".
12Released under 19 different titles around the world.

The technical file

Cinematography: Hitoshi Nishiyama
Original score: Yugo Kanno
Editing: Terumitsu Okada
Runtime: 110 min · 1h 50m
Status: Released
Box office: $108,136,957
Original language: JA
IMDB: Detective Conan: The Million-Dollar Pentagram (2024)
IMDB rating: 6.7/10 · 1,860 votes

Awards

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Part of

Detective Conan Collection

A series of feature films based on the long-running Case Closed manga (known in Japan as Detective Conan) about a brilliant teenage detective who's given a poison that reverted him to a 4-year-old. Under a new identity, he continues solving cases alongside his colleagues.

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CinemaSerf2024-10-06
★ 7/10
Anyone else think the soundtrack to this reminded them of the BBC "Sherlock" series with Benedict Cumberbatch? Anyway, this one sees our renowned diminutive detective "Conan" brought in to help "Insp. Nakamori" investigate the theft of some priceless Samurai swords. Now they are valuable enough, but somehow our sleuth reckons there is much more to it, and when the legendary "Kaito Kid" - usually noted for his jewel thievery - is seen at the scene, the game is well and truly afoot. We've got a generous (and duplicitous) millionaire vying with our investigators and the white caped-kid as the clues start to suggest that the swords could form a code that will lead the way to a secret weapon that could spell doom for the whole nation. Can our intrepid team thwart this evil intent in time? I like these animated stories. Though this one is a little on the long side, and there's a rather annoying romance cluttering things up from time to time, there are plenty of characters to suspect, we are given an inclusive idiots guide to crime-fighting and are led down plenty of blind alleys and shown loads of red herrings whilst the animators deliver some fast-moving sword fights, flying acrobatics and airborne escapades the length and breadth of Japan. I found the ending to be a bit weak, but I like the idea of us all using our little grey cells to sort out a problem that marries crime with history, mystery and myth.

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