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Detective Conan Drama Special 2: Confrontation With the Men in Black

2007 · 108 min

A twisty live-action mystery that keeps you leaning in, trading cartoonish charm for a colder, tenser cat-and-mouse mood.

Overview
Shinichi Kudo returns as the young Conan to investigate a murderous letter sent to a beauty pageant winner who demands affection.

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How it feels

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Tone
  • tensestrength 2 of 3
  • darkstrength 2 of 3
  • melancholicstrength 1 of 3
  • earneststrength 1 of 3
Pacing
measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • mystery
  • obsession
  • deception
  • crime
  • identity
Places
  • big city
Era
contemporary
Audience
teen
Form
  • twist ending
Content intensity
  • Gore mild
  • Language mild
  • Violence mild
  • Sex mild
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action4
Horror2
Humour3
Realism6
Romance3
Tension7
Darkness6
Complexity6
Emotional weight5

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Details

Genres
mystery, crime, tv movie, drama
Directed by
Okamoto Koichi
Written by
Mutsuki Watanabe
Starring
Shun Oguri, Tomoka Kurokawa, Yuu Kashii, Mayuko Iwasa, Ryosei Tayama, Kuranosuke Sasaki, Masatô Ibu, Takanori Jinnai
Music
Katsuo Ono
Runtime
108 min
Country
Japan
Languages
Japanese

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