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Case Closed: The Fist of Blue Sapphire (2021)
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 Singaporean Marina Sands hotel, a murder takes place.
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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 Singaporean Marina Sands hotel, a murder takes place.
Rating:PG-13
Genre:Animation, Mystery, Crime, Action, Adventure
Directed By:Chika Nagaoka
Written By:Takahiro Okura
In Theaters:3/17/2021
Box Office:$115,448,200
Runtime:109 minutes
Studio:TMS Entertainment, Shogakukan, Yomiuri Telecasting Corporation, Nippon Television Network Corporation, Shogakukan-Shueisha Productions, TOHO
Cast
Chika Nagaoka
Director
Chika Nagaoka
Director
Minami Takayama
Conan Edogawa / Arthur Hirai (voice)
Kappei Yamaguchi
Shinichi Kudo / Kaito Kuroba (voice)
Wakana Yamazaki
Ran Mouri (voice)
Rikiya Koyama
Kogoro Mouri (voice)
Naoko Matsui
Sonoko Suzuki (voice)
Nobuyuki Hiyama
Makoto Kyogoku (voice)
Kenichi Ogata
Hiroshi Agasa (voice)
Megumi Hayashibara
Ai Haibara (voice)
Yukiko Iwai
Ayumi Yoshida (voice)
Wataru Takagi
Genta Kojima / Wataru Takagi (voice)
Ikue Otani
Mitsuhiko Tsuburaya (voice)
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