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Detective Conan: Fallen Angel Of The Highway Will Be Released in UK and Ireland on Friday
posted on by Andrew Osmond
Detective Conan: Highway no Datenshi (Detective Conan: Fallen Angel of the Highway), the franchise's 29th film, will be released in UK and Ireland cinemas on Friday June 12, distributed by Trinity CineAsia.
The film has been rated "12A" by the BBFC and has a confirmed running time of 109 minutes. The film is summarised on the Odeon cinema website as follows:
"When a string of deadly highway incidents begin, Conan Edogawa's investigations point towards an orchestrated plot rather than mere accidents.
"When a string of deadly highway incidents begin, Conan Edogawa's investigations point towards an orchestrated plot rather than mere accidents. As he uncovers a conspiracy involving hidden identities and advanced technology, the case escalates into a high-speed race against time to stop a calculating mastermind before more lives are lost."
The new film centers on the character Chihaya Hagiwara, member of the Kanagawa Prefectural Police and the leader of its motorcycle division. Miyuki Sawashiro now voices the character, replacing the late Atsuko Tanaka. The movie also features Kanagawa inspector Jugo Yokomizo, teenage detective Masumi Sera, Chihaya's late younger brother Kenji Hagiwara, and Kenji's Police Academy classmate Jinpei Matsuda.
The previous film in the franchise, Detective Conan: One-eyed Flashback (Meitantei Conan: Sekigan no Flashback), had teased the character's appearance at the end of the film.
Takahiro Hasui (Detective Conan: The Black Iron Submarine) directed the film, and Takahiro Ōkura (Detective Conan: The Crimson Love Letter) wrote the script. Yūgo Kanno (Detective Conan: One-eyed Flashback) is composed the music for the film.
The film opened on April 10 in Japan on 526 screens, which is the widest local release for a Detective Conan film to date. It also had the biggest opening weekend for a Detective Conan film for date, grossing US$22 million. By May 11, it had earned about US$69 million in total.
