Sunflowers of Inferno
(Meitantei Konan: Gōka no Himawari)
January 25, 2022 (Blu-ray)
Iwao Teraoka (co-op)
Koichi Ohata (co-op)
Chika Nagaoka (co-op)
Takamitsu Kudo (co-op)
Yoshiharu Shimizu
Hiroyuki Notake
Yuko Iwasa
Rie Nakajima
Chiemi Hironaka
Nariyuki Takahashi
Hiroyuki Horiuchi
Akio Kawamura
Junko Yamanaka (asst.)
Nobuyuki Iwai (asst.)
Yoshinobu Ando (asst.)
Keiko Sasaki (asst.)
Tomoko Fukunaga (asst.)
Takashi Kawaguchi (asst.)
Yoshio Mizumura (asst.)
Miwa Oshima (asst.)
Design Works: Hiroshi Ogawa
Kappei Yamaguchi as Shinichi Kudo, Kaitou Kid
Wakana Yamazaki as Ran Mouri
Rikiya Koyama as Kogoro Mouri
Naoko Matsui as Sonoko Suzuki
Megumi Hayashibara as Ai Haibara
Yukiko Iwai as Ayumi Yoshida
Ikue Otani as Mitsuhiko Tsuburaya
Wataru Takagi as Genta Kojima, Lupin
Kosei Tomita as Jirokichi Suzuki
Taiten Kusunoki as Zengo Goto
Akio Suyama as Konosuke Jii (young)
Chafurin as Juzo Megure
Unsho Ishizuka as Ginzo Nakamori
Yoshiko Sakakibara as Keiko Anderson
Nana Eikura as Natsumi Miyadai
Hiroshi Isobe as Koji Azuma
Yukana as Kumiko Kishi
Katsuhisa Houki as Taizo Ishimine
Shunsuke Sakuya as Charlie
Toshiko Sawada as Umeno
Yuko Minaguchi as Umeno (young)
Toru Okawa as Kiyosuke Azuma
Hidekatsu Shibata as Hideo Haraguchi
Kang Ji-young as Cast
Kozo Mito as Auctionner
Hideyuki Umezu as Art expert
Dai Matsumoto as Flight captain
Katsumi Toriumi as Vice captain
Akiko Muta as Announcer
Masayo Kurata as Announcer
Toshimitsu Oda as Moderator
Shogakukan young voice actors: Riko Arake, Miharu Nakajima, Kosei Suzuki, Kaisei Nishikawa, and Mirena Kurosawa
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Detective Conan: Sunflowers of Inferno (名探偵コナン 業火の向日葵 Meitantei Konan: Gōka no Himawari) is the 19th movie in the Detective Conan franchise. It was released in Japan on April 18, 2015 and it was directed by Kobun Shizuno and written by Takeharu Sakurai. The movie earned 4.48 billion yen at the box office. The movie would have a pre-story tie-in episode, Munch's Missing Scream.
It was released in North America by Discotek Media in January 19, 2021 on home media and January 25, 2022 on Blu-ray. As part of the Detective Conan: Cinema Saturdays event in Anime! on TMS Official Channel, the movie had a limited release between August 9th to August 17th 2025 with English dub.
The movie revolves around the Kaitou Kid's announcement of a heist where he will steal Van Gogh's "Sunflowers" paintings, and Conan's attempts to discover the motives behind his sudden interest in the paintings - leading him to the possibility of an impostor posing as the Kaitou Kid.
Cast
Gadgets
Case
Situation
In a skyscraper in Manhattan, an auction house presents the stand-out piece of the night's auction: one of the famous 'Sunflower' paintings by Vincent Van Gogh. The painting belongs to a series painted by Van Gogh, an artist beloved by Japan, in his house in Arles in the south of France. Until recently, art historians believed there were seven sunflower paintings but only a year ago, an unknown eighth painting was discovered in Arles, with the style and colours being an exact match for the second Sunflower painting that was once kept in Ashiya, Hyogo Prefecture, Japan. Historians have examined this new painting and concluded that it must have been painted by Van Gogh himself or, at least, by someone working with him. The second Sunflower painting used to belong to Koyata Yamamoto, a businessman, but was thought to have been destroyed in World War II, so the current theory is that this newly discovered painting could be a reproduction of the lost one. The painting draws considerable interest and at the subsequent auction, Jirokichi Suzuki buys it for a record price.
Jirokichi holds a press conference the day after the auction and announces that he plans to collect all seven Sunflower paintings to hold an exhibition in Lake Rock Museum, Shinjuku, a newly constructed museum that belongs to the Suzuki Group. He says the title of the exhibition will be "the sunflowers who longed to return to Japan." He already has made contact with the owners of the other six paintings and obtained their permission to get the paintings on loan, having to promise he would transport and preserve the paintings safely and treat them with the utmost care and security while they are in his museum. To help him with this task, Jirokichi presents seven experts that he hired for the exhibition, calling them "the Seven Samurai". As the experts join him on stage, suddenly a playing card comes flying through the sky and falls onto the stage. The card carries an announcement and Kaito Kid's logo. Kid appears, holds his card gun out and causes a mass panic. He throws a smoke bomb and flees, but Detective Charlie, one of Jirokichi's "samurai", a security professional, pursues him. Kid is backed into a corner by Charlie, but lets off a flash bomb, breaks the window behind him and jumps off the building, flying away with his hangglider.
The following morning, a Sky Japan plane hired by Jirokichi and painted with the Sunflowers leaves for Japan, carrying the newest painting on board, along with Jirokichi, Sonoko and six of the "samurai" as well as a special guest - none other than: Shinichi Kudo. But just as the jet descends towards Haneda Airport, a bomb detonates in the cargo hold, blowing the door away and taking the painting with it. The explosion was large enough to destroy the engines as well and the airplane goes into freefall, causing a panic onboard. Kogoro, the 7th Samurai chosen by Jirokichi, has been waiting at Haneda Airport to receive the painting along with the police and Ran, wanting to surprise Sonoko. They can only watch the plane spinning out of control and Ran, scared for her best friend, panics and can't bear look while the frantic pilot tries to land safely. They do make it down in one piece, but, just after they've touched the ground, received by emergency services, Kaito Kid comes flying out of nowhere with the paining in hand. Conan chases after Kid but can't catch him. Strangely enough, Kid flies off without the painting. Conan finds it, brings it to Jirokichi's Samurai and they confirm that the painting hasn't been damaged.
Several days later, Jirokichi invites the Seven Samurai to a conference to plan what counter-measures they can take against Kid. The owners of the other paintings had also become reluctant in loaning him their paintings. That morning, Conan, Agasa, and the Detective Boys head to the Sompo Japan Nipponkoa Museum of Art, to see the 5th painting. Just after Conan leaves, Kogoro receives another notice from Kid. The Samurai decode it and find that the notice states that he will steal the 5th painting tonight. Conan, Haibara, and the others are viewing the 5th painting together with an old woman named Umeno, said to visit and view the painting every day, when Jirokichi, Kogoro, Inspector Nakamori, and the others arrive. Conan quickly realizes a case is unfolding and joins up with them. They decide that they should move the painting to a safe place before night comes, and the painting is to be wrapped up under the instructions of the Seven Samurai. However, Kid had already infiltrated the staff, and steals the painting.
He also leaves behind a message to the museum's curator, saying he will return it if paid ten billion yen. Jirokichi immediately decides to pay the enormous ransom. The deal with Kid turns into chaos, however Conan and the others miraculously succeed in retrieving the 5th painting. However, even Conan begins to wonder about Kid's escalating crimes which have come to endanger many lives.
With Kid's motives as yet a mystery, the exhibition of the Seven Sunflowers at Lake Rock Museum meets its opening day. The most excited to see the exhibition are the Detective Boys, Conan, Ran, and Sonoko. Just as they begin to view the paintings, Conan spots a Kid Card. The enigmatic message could not be deciphered by even the Seven Samurai, but its presence attests that Kid is already within the museum. Jirokichi quickly orders to evacuate the museum goers and staff, to trap Kid inside the museum. However, he seems to have anticipated this turn of events, and blows up the electric room, leaving the museum in a blackout.
Then, a great fire also breaks out, leaving Jirokichi and the others no option but to send the paintings to their storage room, and evacuate to a special room outside. But, the 2nd and 5th painting could not be collected, and the inferno closes in on them. The only people remaining in Lake Rock Museum are a great detective, a great phantom thief, and...?!
People
Characters from the past
Resolution
Music
Oh! Rival (オー！リバル Ō! Ribaru), by Porno Graffiti.
International release
United States
Spain (Catalan Dub)
Germany
Brazil
Trivia
- The movie grossed 4.48 billion yen.
- Koji Azuma's car in Arles is a 1980 gray Peugeot 505 [551A].
- This film is dedicated to Yasuo Urakami, the real-life sound director of Detective Conan, who died on December 18, 2014. A title card reads "In memory of Yasuo Urakami" appears during the end credits of the film.
- The special guest voice actor for this movie is actress and model Nana Eikura portraying Natsumi Miyadai.
- The end credits featured scenes from New York (including Statue of Liberty and Times Square), the city of Arles, and real-life Vincent Van Gogh's "Sunflowers".
- The film takes place in 2015, and indeed Umeno tells to Haibara that it is seventy years from 1945. However, this is an outrageous mistake, because Jii is now 61-year-old.
In other languages
| Language | Title | Translation |
|---|---|---|
 Arabic |
بين أزهار الشمس والرماد | Between the Sunflowers and Ash |
 Catalan |
Els gira-sols del foc infernal | The Sunflowers of Hellfire |
 Chinese (Simplified) |
业火的向日葵 | The Sunflowers of Inferno |
 Chinese (Traditional) |
業火的向日葵 | The Sunflowers of Inferno |
 French |
Les tournesols des flammes infernales | The Sunflowers of Hellfire |
 German |
Die Sonnenblumen des Infernos | The Sunflowers of Inferno |
 Spanish (Spain) |
Los girasoles del fuego infernal | The Sunflowers of Hellfire |
 Korean |
화염의 해바라기 | Sunflowers of Hellfire |
 Spanish (Latin America) |
Los girasoles del infierno | The sunflowers of inferno |
 Brazillian Portuguese |
Girassóis do Inferno | Sunflowers of Hell |
 Thai |
ปริศนาทานตะวันมรณะ | The Deadly Sunflowers Mystery |
 Vietnamese |
Hoa hướng dương rực lửa | Sunflowers of Fiery |
Gallery
References
See also
- Pages with broken file links
- Movies
- Kaitou Kid Movies
- Animation directed by Masatomo Sudo
- Animation directed by Akio Kawamura
- Animation directed by Hiroyuki Horiuchi
- Animation directed by Chiemi Hironaka
- Animation directed by Hiroyuki Notake
- Animation directed by Rie Nakajima
- Animation directed by Yuko Iwasa
- Animation directed by Yoshiharu Shimizu
- Animation directed by Nariyuki Takahashi
- Animation directed by Junko Yamanaka
- Animation directed by Nobuyuki Iwai
- Animation directed by Yoshinobu Ando
- Animation directed by Keiko Sasaki
- Animation directed by Tomoko Fukunaga
- Animation directed by Takashi Kawaguchi
- Animation directed by Yoshio Mizumura
- Animation directed by Miwa Oshima