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In 2013, due to the adjustment made by the ''AIBOU'' production team, Sakurai left the production team and joined the ''[[Detective Conan]]'' movie production team. In the same year, he wrote [[Private Eye in the Distant Sea|'''Movie 17''': Private Eye in the Distant Sea]]. After that, he tends to write a movie script every other year, alternating with [[Takahiro Okura]]. | In 2013, due to the adjustment made by the ''AIBOU'' production team, Sakurai left the production team and joined the ''[[Detective Conan]]'' movie production team. In the same year, he wrote [[Private Eye in the Distant Sea|'''Movie 17''': Private Eye in the Distant Sea]]. After that, he tends to write a movie script every other year, alternating with [[Takahiro Okura]]. | ||
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| + | As [[Kazunari Kouchi]] and [[Hiroshi Kashiwabara]] were gradually fading away from the scriptwriting of ''Detective Conan'' movies due to ageing, in 2013, [[Gosho Aoyama]] invited Sakurai to the production team, a screenwriter who has never written for an anime before. Aoyama, on the other hand, told him to compose the script freely; as such, due to Sakurai's lack of experience, his debut work in the series received a great deal of criticism. At the same time, the demand for commercial films had been increasing when [[Kobun Shizuno]] was still the director; thus, details of the case were downplayed in his scripts and many explosion scenes were pervasive with the intent of increasing the impact of the movie. By featuring several action scenes, [[The Darkest Nightmare|'''Movie 20''': The Darkest Nightmare]] that he wrote was a huge success in terms of box office. | ||
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| + | Outside of ''Detective Conan'', Sakurai's style is more inclined towards the Shakai deduction {{jp|社会派推理}}, focusing on the unexpectedness of the story; most of them contain dark tone and ironic connotations, which is very different from ''Detective Conan'', which is for all ages of audiences. In 2018, when he was writing the script of [[Zero the Enforcer|'''Movie 22''': Zero the Enforcer]], he intended to conceive a story with a style of his forte. However, the script was way too realistic and thought-provoking, which was then rejected by Aoyama. | ||
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Revision as of 16:11, 22 January 2025
Takeharu Sakurai (櫻井 武晴 Sakurai Takeharu), born 25 November 1970[1], is a renowned Japanese screenplay writer that specializes in movie scripts. He is also active under the alias Takeshi Iida (飯田 武 Iida Takeshi) on minor occasions[2].
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Biography
Takeharu Sakurai graduated from Waseda University Second Faculty of Literature (早稲田大学第二文学部)[3], and became a producer for Toho films in 1993. In 2002, as a newcomer, he accepted the scriptwriting job for detective TV drama The Woman of Science Research Institute (科捜研の女) of Season 4, working along with the scriptwriter of Season 3, Masashi Todayama (戶田山 雅司).
Sakurai also held a position in the production of another detective TV drama called AIBOU (相棒), produced by TV Asahi. Whilst taking care of the screenplay for these works, he was also the screenplay cooperation of TV drama Shinzanmono (新参者), which was adapted from a novel written by a best-selling mystery novelist Keigo Higashino (東野 圭吾).
In 2013, due to the adjustment made by the AIBOU production team, Sakurai left the production team and joined the Detective Conan movie production team. In the same year, he wrote Movie 17: Private Eye in the Distant Sea. After that, he tends to write a movie script every other year, alternating with Takahiro Okura.
Style analysis
As Kazunari Kouchi and Hiroshi Kashiwabara were gradually fading away from the scriptwriting of Detective Conan movies due to ageing, in 2013, Gosho Aoyama invited Sakurai to the production team, a screenwriter who has never written for an anime before. Aoyama, on the other hand, told him to compose the script freely; as such, due to Sakurai's lack of experience, his debut work in the series received a great deal of criticism. At the same time, the demand for commercial films had been increasing when Kobun Shizuno was still the director; thus, details of the case were downplayed in his scripts and many explosion scenes were pervasive with the intent of increasing the impact of the movie. By featuring several action scenes, Movie 20: The Darkest Nightmare that he wrote was a huge success in terms of box office.
Outside of Detective Conan, Sakurai's style is more inclined towards the Shakai deduction (社会派推理), focusing on the unexpectedness of the story; most of them contain dark tone and ironic connotations, which is very different from Detective Conan, which is for all ages of audiences. In 2018, when he was writing the script of Movie 22: Zero the Enforcer, he intended to conceive a story with a style of his forte. However, the script was way too realistic and thought-provoking, which was then rejected by Aoyama.
Scenarios written
Number of case scenarios written: 6 (6 episodes)
- The Missing Sweets in the Old Shop (Episode 694)
- Munch's Missing Scream (Episode 774)
- The Shadow Approaching Amuro (Episode 813)
- The Melting Cake! (Episode 898)
- The Beika City Shopping Center Garbage Bin Mystery (Episode 1002)
- The Cameras Targeting Haibara (Episode 1080)
Movie scenarios written
Number of movie scenarios written: 7
- Private Eye in the Distant Sea (Movie 17)
- Sunflowers of Inferno (Movie 19)
- The Darkest Nightmare (Movie 20)
- Zero the Enforcer (Movie 22)
- The Scarlet Bullet (Movie 24)
- Black Iron Submarine (Movie 26)
- One-eyed Flashback (Movie 28)
Other notable works
Dramas
- The Woman Of Science Research Institute S4-S23 (2002-2023): Screenplay
- AIBOU S2-S12 (2003-2013): Screenplay
- Shinzanmono (2010): Screenplay cooperation
Movie
- Designated Lawyer (2018): Screenplay
