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"Everyone who has been captivated by the fragrance of the Sunflowers, are you ready?"
— Jirokichi Suzuki
Detective Conan: Sunflowers Of Inferno is the 19th Detective Conan Theatrical Film in the franchise. It was directed by Kobun Shizuno, written by Takeharu Sakurai, produced by Michihiko Suwa and scored by Katsuo Ono. It was released on April 18, 2015.
Conan tries to track down Kaito Kid, who supposedly steals a replica of one of Van Gogh's Sunflowers paintings during an auction.
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Sunflowers Of Inferno provides examples of:
- Auction: The film opens on a bid for the Sunflowers. Jirokichi Suzuki easily outbids everyone.Auctioneer: Now, ladies and gentlemen, please give a new life to this Sunflowers!
- All-Loving Hero: Conan reminds Charlie about life when the latter is pushed towards murdering the thief due to Kid’s actions.Conan: I see. It should be safe in Charlie-san’s hands. But if you plan on using that, please remember this: every life in this world is precious.
- Big Bad: The culprit behind the events of the movie, either directly or indirectly (such as Kid's interventions on their plan), is Van Gogh appraiser and scholar Natsumi Miyadai, who cannot accept the Japan-housed Sunflowers as genuine works by Van Gogh (despite their status already being confirmed as such by international art institutions with compelling evidence).
- Coming in Hot: The plane Sonoko, Jirokichi and others are in has a malfunction and barely lands in one piece.
- Evil-Detecting Dog: Lupin smells and knocks a box of Phosphine, a flammable liquid, out of Jirokichi Suzuki’s hands.
- Prolonged Prologue: Before the Title Card and the main theme plays, 12 minutes pass.
- Red Herring: The film presents Inspector Charlie as somewhat suspicious with his dogged, seemingly misguided pursuit of Kaito Kid, and then later on similarly paints Jirokichi's subordinate Goto as a possible suspect. Just before the climax of the film, when the possibility of a traitor is presented, restoration professional Koji Azuma is revealed to have murdered his twin brother in a past incident shortly after the discovery of the Ashiya Sunflowers due to conflicting beliefs stemming from their grandfather's sacrifice to protect it during the war. Ultimately, Charlie is sincere in his pursuit and admits to being wrong about Kid at the end, Goto is Jii in disguise, and the tragedy in the house of Yamamoto that resulted in the death of the Azuma patriarch does not factor in any way in the motivations behind the incidents.
- Sequel Hook: After all the credits, in a bar we hear on Gin’s voice questioning two of his colleagues as a way to hype of the
20th film, Detective Conan Film 20: The Darkest Nightmare.Gin: Kir. Bourbon. Those two couldn’t be… - Silly Rabbit, Idealism Is for Kids!: Charlie chides Conan for his seemingly naive outlook, when Conan gently reminds Charlie of the value of life, specifically Kid’s.Charlie: But if you keep on pushing with your idealistic views, reality will come back to bite you someday, just like Kaito Kid this time.
- Wham Shot: Shin’ichi Kudō boards the plane alongside Sonoko and Jirokichi and asks to a lend a hand in stopping Kid.Shin’ichi: I heard Kid is after the Sunflowers. If you don’t mind, please allow me to lend a hand.
