The Crimson Love Letter is the 21st movie in the Detective Conan franchise. It was released in Japan on April 15, 2017.
Characters introduced
Cast
Gadgets
Case
Situation
In a Japanese house in Arashiyama, Kyoto's outskirts, the reigning Satsuki Cup champion is murdered. Several karuta cards were spread around the victim.
Robbery(?)-Murder
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Location:
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Yajima Residence
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Victim:
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Toshiya Yajima
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Cause of death:
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Blunt trauma to the head
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Suspects:
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Mikiko Hiramoto, Koji Sekine, Kensuke Achiwa, Togo Kaieda, and Shikao Nagoro
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While Yajima is watching the match of Momiji Ooka, a mysterious man went to his room and killed him with a katana.
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A bombing case at Nichiuri TV in autumn. The Satsuki Cup, which crowns the winner of Japan's Hyakunin Isshu, is currently being filmed inside the facility. The incident results in a big commotion and, while the building is burning to ashes, the only people left inside are Heiji and Kazuha. They get rescued just in time by Conan, who rushes to the scene. Both the identity and purposes of the bomber are unknown.
Bombing
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Location:
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Nichiuri TV Station, Osaka
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Victims:
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Heiji Hattori, Kazuha Toyama, Mikiko Hiramoto, and an Osakan police officer
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Age:
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17 years old (Mikiko Hiramoto)
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Injury:
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Explosion
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Suspects:
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Mikiko Hiramoto, Koji Sekine, Kensuke Achiwa, Togo Kaieda, and Shikao Nagoro
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Bombs planted in the building exploded, making it engulfed in flames. A bombing threat was sent, of which content is about karuta.
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While confusion takes over due to the explosion, Conan meets a mysterious beautiful girl who claims she is "Heiji's fiancée". Her name is Momiji Ooka and she is the high school champion of the karuta game from Kyoto Senshin High School. As fate would have it, Kazuha is going to face Momiji in the Hyakunin Isshu, so she begins to train with the help of Heiji's mother, Shizuka, who is a skilled karuta player.
Koji Sekine is somehow related to Yajima's murder. Even though the crime scene looks like a robbery, none of Yajima's karuta-related things were touched. Also, the fatal wound was on the front of the head instead of the back or the side, suggesting that the murderer and the victim knew each other. And, Sekine knew that Yajima was beaten down instead of stabbed or slashed, even though the weapon is a katana and Sekine had no opportunity to look at the corpse.
Later, Ran finds out that Heiji once made a yubikiri/pinkie promise to 'take Momiji as his bride'.
Conan and Heiji, along with the Osaka and Kyoto police departments, begin their investigation on the Satsuki Cup and the related murder case. As the inquiry goes on, they come across a secret connected with the Hyakunin Isshu. They found that the cards that were left at the crime scene and sent by email to victims were all Shikao Nagoro's favorite cards, all of which had 'Momiji' in their poems.
Bombing
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Location:
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Road
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Victims:
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Koji Sekine, Momiji Ooka, and Kensuke Achiwa
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Age:
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17 years old (Momiji Ooka)
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Injury:
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Explosion, car crash
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Suspects:
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Mikiko Hiramoto, Koji Sekine, Kensuke Achiwa, Togo Kaieda, and Shikao Nagoro
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The culprit detonates the bombs that were planted in the cars.
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Bombing (with casualty)
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Location:
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Storage shack in the forest
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Victim:
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Togo Kaieda
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Cause of death:
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Explosion
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Suspects:
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Mikiko Hiramoto, Koji Sekine, Kensuke Achiwa, Togo Kaieda, and Shikao Nagoro
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People
Resolution
As Sekine wakes up, it is learned that he heard Yajima had been searching for Nagoro, and decided to spy on Yajima, only to find the latter's corpse.
Kensuke Achiwa is the mastermind of these crimes, while Togo Kaieda is the one carrying out the plan. Unbeknownst to the latter, Kensuke planned to kill him as well, in order to make it look like Nagoro accidentally killed himself. Nagoro, who had been missing for five years, had actually been killed by Kensuke's wife Satsuki Achiwa, who was shocked and afraid after losing to Nagoro one day before the scheduled match. Kensuke witnessed the murder of Nagoro, and decided to hide it so that no one knows. The fact that Kensuke didn't wash his car before the match suggests this, as everyone knows that Kensuke always do this every time Satsuki had a match. Yajima also noticed this and want to have evidence - the karuta cards that have fingerprints from a hand stained with Nagoro's blood; that's why he was murdered. Kensuke planned to kill himself along with Momiji and her opponent in the finals, who happens to be Kazuha, at Satsuki Hall, where Nagoro's body is kept hidden.
Bombing
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Location:
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Satsuki Hall, Kyoto
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Victims:
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Kazuha Toyama, Momiji Ooka, and Kensuke Achiwa
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Culprit:
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Kensuke Achiwa
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Kensuke prepares to bomb himself to death with Kazuha and Momiji.
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Murder (Past)
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Victim:
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Shikao Nagoro
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Time:
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5 years ago
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Cause of death:
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Blunt trauma to the head
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Culprit:
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Satsuki Achiwa
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Nagoro challenged Satsuki, but she unfortunately lost. She killed him in an impulse.
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Before he detonates the bombs, however, Momiji reveals that the reason why Nagoro challenged Satsuki one day before the scheduled match is not to humiliate her, but rather to show her, Nagoro's first love, the full extent of his skills before he lost his sight. The hall then starts to crumble because of the previous explosions. Conan, Kensuke, and Momiji evacuate using the elevator, while Heiji uses his bike to take Kazuha to a nearby ledge.
After the case is solved, it is finally learned that the story between Momiji and Heiji is actually a misunderstanding. Back then, when Heiji defeated Momiji, he said "next time, I'll be even
stronger (tsuyome)", but Momiji misheard it as "yome" (bride). Momiji calls her butler immediately and leaves, but not before finally calling Kazuha by her name and declaring that once she has a favorite card, she won't let anyone take it from her.
Music
Togetsukyō ~Kimi Omou~ (渡月橋 ~君 想ふ~ ,Togetsu Bridge ~Thinking About You~?), by Mai Kuraki.
Trivia
- Aoyama cited the live action adaptations of Yuki Suetsugu's manga series Chihayafuru among his inspirations for making Hyakunin Isshu and karuta subjects of a Conan film. He noted the Kyoto based Karuta Queen, or national champion in the women's division, as depicted in Chihayafuru, as the model for characters in Crimson Love Letter.
- The poem recited at the beginning of the official trailer is the 77th poem from the Ogura Hyakunin Isshu, a classical Japanese poem anthology that is prominently featured in the movie.
- Shinichi's email address in the movie is "the_sign_of_four@Potmail.cam".
- The black figure who detonates the bombs with a remote control is seen wearing a ring, which directly indicates the culprit.
- The movie has a running time of 112 minutes.
- Muga Iori and Momiji Ooka's car is a Mercedes-Maybach S 600 Pullman [X222] (Rubellite Red and Crystal White).
- Koji Sekine's car is a white Toyota Corolla Axio [E140].
- Togo Kaieda's car is a Nissan President [F50].
- Kensuke Achiwa's car is a dark blue 1997 Toyota Century [GZG50]. The license plate is 浪速 300, む • 4 86 (Naniwa 300, Mu - 4 86).
- The Osaka's Nichiuri TV station is modeled after the Yomiuri TV old headquarters, which was still being used during the movie production.
- Yomiuri TV later moved to new building on September 1, 2019. The new building also become the model of the new Osaka's Nichiuri TV station in Kaiju Gomera vs. Kamen Yaiba.
- This film is dedicated to Kazunari Kouchi, the real-life screenplay writer of Detective Conan, who died on July 18, 2016. A title card reads "In memory of Kazunari Kouchi" appears during the end credits of the film.
- This movie was promoted with two special guest voice actors. Comedian and actor Daisuke Miyagawa plays Koji Sekine, while actress Riho Yoshioka voices Kazuha's friend, Mikiko Hiramoto.
- Although Sayoko Wachi has no lines in the movie, in the manga version she explains the structure of the Satsuki Karuta Tournament.[1]
- The nameplates of guest of the Satsuki-kai in the Osaka Nichiuri building include Kota Fukushima (福島 孝太), Yoshitomo Kashiwamura (柏村 美友), and Nozomi Urabe (浦辺 のぞみ).
- The list of participants in the karuta tournament :
Name |
High School |
Group
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Momiji Ōoka (大岡 紅葉) |
Kyōto Senshin (京都泉心高校) |
A
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Junka Matsubara (松原 順花) |
Hokuraku Prefectural (府立北洛高校) |
A
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Yūhei Okada (岡田 悠平) |
Ōtsu East Prefectural (県立大津東高校) |
A
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Saki Uemura (上村 咲) |
Furujuku Prefectural (都立古宿高校) |
A
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? |
? |
A
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Hitomi Ono (小野 瞳) |
Jūjōdai Prefectural (県立十城台高校) |
A
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Daichi Ishii (石井 大地) |
Seisen Private (私立青川高校) |
A
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Naoko Inoue (井上 菜穂子) |
Akihioka Prefectural (府立秋日丘高校) |
A
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Chihiro Sawaki (澤木 千尋) |
Saki Private (私立佐木高校) |
A
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Naoki Hirata (平田 直樹) |
Miyoshi Prefectural (県立三吉高校) |
A
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Kazumi Fukushima (福島 和) |
Kobayashi West Agricultural (西農業小林高校) |
A
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Kazuma Kogamo (小鴨 一磨) |
Katsutoyo Academy (勝豊学園高校) |
A
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? |
? |
A
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Yukimasa Shimomura (下村 幸正) |
Kichi University Affiliated (喜知大学付属高校) |
A
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Yoshihito Horimoto (堀本 義仁) |
Yūki University Affiliated (夕希大学付属高校) |
A
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Kōhei Kawabata (河端 浩平) |
Teiō Academy (帝桜学院高校) |
A
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Amane Itō (伊藤 天) |
Mitsui Private (私立三井高校) |
A
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Hideo Kuroda (黒田 秀雄) |
Sōgō Agricultre, Forestry and Fisheries (農林水産総合高校) |
A
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Yasushi Enokida (榎田 康史) |
East San'nomiya (東三宮高校) |
A
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Ichiro Sasaki (佐々木 一郎) |
Nanraku Prefectural (府立南洛高校) |
B
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Keisuke Suzuki (鈴木 啓介) |
Hokuraku Prefectural (府立北洛高校) |
B
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? |
? |
B
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Keima Ōsako (大迫 桂馬) |
Furujuku Prefectural (都立古宿高校) |
B
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Yū Okada (岡田 優) |
Kashiyama Private (私立樫山高校) |
B
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Chisato Matsuda (松田 千里) |
Seisen Private (私立青川高校) |
B
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Satoshi Ōno (大野 聡) |
Jūjōdai Prefectural (県立十城台高校) |
B
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Kotarō San'nomiya (三宮 小太郎) |
Akihioka Prefectural (府立秋日丘高校) |
B
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Satoru Karai (辛井 悟) |
Saki Private (私立佐木高校) |
B
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Nozomi Nagai (長井 望) |
Miyoshi Prefectural (県立三吉高校) |
B
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Ikumi Moromizato (諸見里 郁美) |
Kobayashi West Agricultural (西農業小林高校) |
B
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Daichi Kizaki (木崎 大地) |
Katsutoyo Academy (勝豊学園高校) |
B
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Sōshi Kimura (木村 壮士) |
Shin'ya Private (私立慎也高校) |
B
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Hiroko Umibe (海邊 博子) |
Kichi University Affiliated (喜知大学付属高校) |
B
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? |
? |
B
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Miki Ōdate (大館 美紀) |
East San'nomiya (東三宮高校) |
B
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Miwa Soga (曽我 美羽) |
Mitsui Private (私立三井高校) |
B
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? |
? |
B
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Sayoko Wachi (和知 左余子) |
Takarajima Academy (宝島学院高校) |
B
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? |
? |
B
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Akihide Yanagisawa (柳澤 旺秀) |
Morimachi Private Academy (私立森町学園高校) |
C
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Kōdai Endō (遠藤 広大) |
Chūbu Prefectural (県立中部高校) |
C
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? |
? |
C
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Kazuko Nagareoka (流岡 和子) |
Kindai University Affiliated National (国立近大付属高校) |
C
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Lin Yun (林 云) |
Sen'ei Private (私立千英高校) |
C
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? |
Keiwa Private (私立恵和高校) |
C
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Next four students unknown |
C
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Masaki Katō (加藤 正樹) |
Jishūkan High (自修館高校) |
C
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Hajime Toda (戸田 一) |
Kyūkyū High (九々高校) |
C
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Mai Tamura (田村 麻衣) |
Kōkō High (孝行高校) |
C
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Tetsuo Shibatani (柴谷 哲夫) |
Teiō Academy (帝桜学院高校) |
C
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Sōma Echigo (越後 相馬) |
Matsuyama Commerce and Industry (松山商工高校) |
C
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Yūka Aizawa (相澤 優香) |
Mitsu Seisen (三津青川高校) |
C
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? |
Kitagawa Sōsō (北川草創高校) |
C
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Next three students unknown |
C
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Masaru Tanina (谷名 大) |
Morimachi Private Academy (私立森町学園高校) |
D
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In other languages
Language |
Title |
Translation
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Arabic |
رسالة الحب القرمزية |
The Crimson Love Song
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Catalan |
La carta d’amor escarlata |
The Scarlet Love Letter
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Chinese (Simplified) |
唐红的恋歌 殷红的恋歌
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The Crimson Love Song
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Chinese (Traditional) |
唐紅的戀歌 |
The Crimson Love Song
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French |
La lettre d'amour écarlate |
Crimson Love Letter
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German |
Der purpurrote Liebesbrief |
The Crimson Love Letter
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Korean |
진홍의 연가 |
The Crimson Love Song
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Spanish |
La carta de amor escarlata |
The Scarlet Love Letter
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Thai |
ปริศนาเพลงกลอนซ่อนรัก |
Mystery of a Love Letter Hidden in the Poem
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Vietnamese |
Bản tình ca màu đỏ thẫm |
The Crimson Love Song
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References
- ^ アニメール Vol. 43 -劇場版名探偵コナン特集号-, March 4, 2017.
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