The Fist of Blue Sapphire is the 23rd movie in the Detective Conan franchise. It was released in Japan on April 12, 2019, becoming the last movie aired in the Heisei period.
Cast
Gadgets
Case
Situation
The world's greatest blue sapphire, the "blue lapis fist", said to have sunk in a pirate ship in the late 19th century, on the coasts of Singapore. A local millionaire plots to retrieve it, and when it's exhibited in an exhibition at the Singapore Marina Bay Sands hotel, a murder takes place. A bloody Kaitou Kid announcement card is found in the crime scene.
Murder
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Location:
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Marina Bay Sands Hotel (the shoppes)
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Victim:
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Sherilyn Tan
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Age:
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40 years old
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Cause of death:
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Stab wound on the back
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Suspects:
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Kaitou Kid
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Bombings
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Location:
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Marina Bay Sands Hotel parking lot
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Suspects:
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Kaitou Kid
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The cars in the underground car park are blown up by an explosion.
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Bombings, Arson and Blackout
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Location:
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Marina Bay Sands
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Time:
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Evening
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Cause:
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Arson
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Suspects:
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Kaitou Kid
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An explosion in Marina Bay Sands made the blackkout.
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In the meantime, Kogoro, Ran, and Sonoko have come to Singapore to cheer on the strongest karateka with a streak of 400 consecutive victories, Makoto Kyogoku, who is fighting in a karate tournament held there. Conan, who doesn't have a passport and can't travel overseas, was supposed to stay at home. He begs for Haibara to give him the antidote for him to transform to Shinichi, but she refuses.
Later that night, while Conan goes out for a walk, Kid, disguised as Ran, sneaks up behind Conan. Conan notices her, but then gets captured. Conan, realizing he is trapped in a suitcase, uses a pen to poke the zipper and he promptly gets out. Looking around, he realizes that he is in Singapore. Conan also realizes his body color got darker.
Conan tries to look around for Ran, but notices Shinichi(who is really Kid in disguise) is here as well. Shinichi(Kid) makes brief talk with Ran and Sonoko, and then goes over to Conan. Kid tells Conan about his mission and the sapphire. The task is a bit special, so he bought Conan over to help him. Conan refuses, but Kid tells him how he transported him over, and that he will not be able to get back to Japan, gets his glasses, wristwatch and clothes, amongst others unless Conan helps Kid.
At this moment, Ran finds Shinichi and notices Conan. Ran, who doesn't realize who he is, asks him his name and he improvises the name Arthur Hirai. Meanwhile, Sonoko texts for Ran(?) to meet her at a place. She is texting Makoto as well when Reijiro Nakatomi and his bodyguards pass by in her path. Sonoko argues with Reijiro, who is surprised by her attitude, but then Makoto comes and defeats al lof Reijiro's bodyguards. Reijiro quickly escapes.
The group (and Arthur) briefly talk under a bridge. Makoto tells them, because his sponsor Sherilyn died, he cannot fight the final round in the karate tournament. Sonoko agrees to be his sponsor.
As they walk back to the hotel, Rishi Ramanathan approaches them. He asks Kogoro to solve a case for him, but Kogoro refuses as he is on vacation. Shinichi(Kid) tells him the benefits of becoming friends with a reserve police officer, benefits that Kogoro likes the most, so he agrees. Rishi then shows him Kid's notice.
Meanwhile, at a villa, Hezli Jamaluddin assures that he will beat Makoto in the tournament.
Rishi and the group arrive at the villa. Rishi explains to Kogoro about the sapphire, mentioning the gem is in the basement. They go downstairs, and John Han Chen arrives as well.
Leon enters the safe room with his fingerprints, showing the group its impenetrable security. He fumbles with the computer, and one of the safe boxes comes down from near the ceiling. The sapphire, along with the karate belt, is then shown to the group. When nobody was looking, Kid takes out an invisible marker and marks the particular safe. When he finished, he shook hands with Leon, promising to protect the safe (and gaining Leon's fingerprint).
That night, Kid flies down to the villa and proceeds his heist. He bypasses all the guards, security cameras, and hidden lasers. Kid unlocks the safe room with Leon's fingerprint that he retrieved earlier, finds the particular safe box, and prepares to steal the sapphire. However, he is then confronted by Leon, who was waiting for Kid in the safe room. The two make a brief conversation, while Hezli sneaks up from behind. Kid manages to dodge his attack, but then Leon shoots Kid with a stun gun. Leon and Hezli leave the safe room, with Kid unconscious.
All the safe boxes in the safe room are suddenly covered with protective metal, and the room shrinks in size. Water rises from the bottom of the safe room, which was intended to drown Kid. He however escapes to ground level. A guard spots him and the alarm sounds. Kid escapse all of the guards, but as he is about to escape, Makoto shows up to fight him. As Makoto is about to defeat Kid, a soccer ball rockets towards him from nowhere. Kid manages to escape while Makoto is distracted by the ball. From atop a building, Conan checks out the scene with his gadgets. The soccer ball was kicked by Conan.
(currently editing part)
Disguised as Shinichi, Kid eventually gets a hold of information about the fist being stored in a manor's underground vault. Just when he was thinking that he'd made it inside very easily, he finds a dangerous trap awaiting him. Facing him is the strongest karateka with a streak of 400 consecutive victories: Makoto Kyogoku.
Leon Lowe, a criminal behavior psychologist, aims for the legendary secret treasure buried in the seabed for a purpose, and hinders both Conan and Kid. They must confront Leon and his excellent secretary, the beautiful Rachel Cheongu.
Attempted Murder
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Location:
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Raffles Hotel safe house
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Victim:
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Kaitou Kid
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Age:
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17 years old
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Injury:
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Left to drown
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Suspects:
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Leon Lowe, Rachel Cheongu, and Rishi Ramanathan
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After being knocked out, Kid is left to drown.
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Murder
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Location:
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Singapore Sports hub safe room
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Victim:
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Rachel Cheongu
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Age:
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28 years old
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Time:
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15:00
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Cause of death:
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Stab wound on the back
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Kaito Kid get panic from real Rachel deadbody under Blue Sapphire show.
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Attempted Murder
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Location:
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Temple Street, Singapore
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Victim:
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Kaitou Kid
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Age:
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17 years old
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Injury:
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Gunshot wound
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Attempted Murder
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Location:
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Temple Street, Singapore
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Victim:
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Sonoko Suzuki
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Age:
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17 years old
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Injury:
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Hit-And-Run
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Sonoko run to the police car, but it driving and crash Sonoko.
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People
Resolution
The culprits are
Rishi Ramanathan,
Leon Lowe, and
Hezli Jamaluddin. The mastermind of terrorism is
Eugene Lim.
Attemped Murder
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Location:
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Marina Bay Sands, Singapore
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Victim:
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Leon Lowe, Hezli Jamaluddin, and Reijiro Nakatomi
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Age:
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42 years old (Leon), 25 years old (Hezli), and 39 years old (Reijiro)
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Time:
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Night
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Cause:
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Shooting
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Culprit:
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Rishi Ramanathan
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Rishi prepare to kill in cause revenge his father five years ago.
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Terrorism
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Location:
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Marina Bay Sands, Singapore
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Victim:
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Marina Bay Sands visitors
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Time:
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Night
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Culprits:
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Leon Lowe, Hezli Jamaluddin, and Eugene Lim with pirate gang
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Leon collaborates with Lim to attack the Marina Bay Sands and take the visitors as hostages.
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Music
BLUE SAPPHIRE, by Hiroomi Tosaka.
Trivia
- Some live action scenes from Singapore appeared in The Darkest Nightmare's ending credits.
- This is the first movie setting in another Asian country, never happened in the manga and anime series. The canon case of the The Scarlet School Trip was initially planned to be set in Singapore, but the setting was changed to Kyoto in pre-production.
- Interestingly enough, this is also the first movie directed by a woman, Tomoka Nagaoka, and is likely to become the highest-grossing movie directed by a woman in Japan.
- The movie had promotional collaborations with Fist of the North Star, Avengers: Endgame, and Urusei Yatsura.
- The movie made 422 million yen on its opening day, and 1.9 billion yen in the first three days, becoming the second highest grossing film of the franchise, just behind Zero the Enforcer.
- Arthur Hirai is derived from Arthur Conan Doyle and Taro Hirai (Edogawa Ranpo's real name), just like how Shinichi came up with the name Conan Edogawa.
- The white swimsuit worn by Ran in the pool is one of those she bought in The Blind Spot in the Dressing Room.
- The vehicles from car bombing are a 2012 BMW M6 Coupe [F12], a 2016 Mazda CX-9 [TC], and a Mercedes-Benz C-Class [W202].
- Singapore police force's vehicle is a 2008 Toyota Corolla Altis [E140].
- Sherilyn Tan's vehicle is a Long Beach Red Metallic 2014 Chevrolet Corvette Stingray C7 Convertible.
- Rishi Ramanathan's vehicle is a Pearl White 2017 Hyundai Elantra.
Gallery
In other languages
Language |
Title |
Translation
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Arabic |
قبضة الياقوت الأزرق |
The Fist of Blue Sapphire
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French |
Le Poing de Saphir Bleu |
The Fist of Blue Sapphire
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Thai |
ศึกชิงอัญมณีสีคราม |
The Fist of Blue Sapphire
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Vietnamese |
Cú Đấm Sapphire Xanh |
The Fist of Blue Sapphire
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See also