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Detective Conan: One-Eyed Flashback Will Open in U.K. and Ireland Cinemas on Friday

On Friday September 27, Trinity Cine Asia will release the film Detective Conan: One-eyed Flashback (Meitantei Conan: Sekigan no Flashback), the 28th film in the Detective Conan (Case Closed) franchise, in UK and Ireland cinemas.

Venues and ticket details can be found via this link. A press release from Trinity Cine Asia related to the film's opening in the UK and Ireland only mentions the subtitled version of the film. Trinity Cine Asia released the trailer below.

The film was released in Japan on April 18. The film opened at #1 at the Japanese box office, and earned 3,438,626,700 yen (about US$24.15 million) and sold 2,314,690 tickets in its first three days, a new opening-weekend record for the franchise.

Trinity Cine Asia summarises the story as follows:

"Nagano PD's Kansuke Yamato and Yui Uehara are alerted that a researcher has been attacked at an observatory in the Yatsugatake Mountains. During the investigation, Kansuke starts feeling a strange discomfort in the eye he injured during an avalanche 10 months prior.

"Meanwhile, Kogoro receives a call from his former colleague Sametani, who claims to be investigating the avalanche that Kansuke was involved in. But before Sametani can share his findings, he is assassinated right before Kogoro and Conan's eyes. Determined to uncover the truth, Kogoro travels to Nagano himself, while Conan launches his own investigation.

"While in Nagano to investigate the killing of Sametani, Conan and Kogoro discover the avalanche is linked to a robbery that happened 8 years before. But when Detective Kansuke becomes the target of a mysterious assailant, the stakes rise sharply. Can Conan unravel the web of secrets and stop the killer before it's too late?"

The film takes place in the snowy mountains of Nagano prefecture, and a previous visual depicted Conan on a snowboard. Yamato — an inspector in Nagano with an injured left eye — and Kogoro — a major character whose last major role in a film was back in the ninth movie Detective Conan: Strategy Above the Depths in 2005 — both appear in the film. Taka'aki and Yui, who are also from Nagano, also appear in the film.

Katsuya Shigehara (unit director of Detective Conan: Kurogane no Submarine) directed the film. Takeharu Sakurai (various Detective Conan movies) wrote the script. King Gnu performed the film's theme song "Twilight!!!."