The film arrives in France several months after opening in Japan on April 10.
Takahiro Hasui directs from a screenplay by Takahiro Okura, based on Gosho Aoyama's long-running manga.
This installment shifts much of its action toward Kanagawa, Yokohama and high-speed roads, with motorcycles functioning as the central visual and narrative hook.
A black motorcycle turns a festival trip into a case
Conan, Ran, Sonoko and Kogoro are heading toward a motorcycle event with Masumi Sera when a mysterious black bike tears past them on the highway.
Kanagawa traffic officer Chihaya Hagiwara immediately gives chase.
She fails to catch the rider, and her police motorcycle is badly damaged during the pursuit.
The incident becomes considerably stranger once the group reaches the festival and sees Angel, a newly developed police motorcycle equipped with advanced technology.
Angel has a black counterpart called Lucifer
Authorities soon realize that the unidentified black machine appears remarkably similar to Angel.
The police nickname it Lucifer and begin trying to determine how someone outside the program obtained a bike with such closely related capabilities.
When Lucifer appears again in Tokyo and escapes pursuit, the case expands beyond reckless driving.
Conan has to identify the rider, trace the machine and understand why the person controlling it seems consistently capable of staying ahead of law enforcement.
Chihaya Hagiwara finally becomes a major movie character
For established Conan viewers, Chihaya is the biggest reason this movie feels different from another standalone theatrical mystery.
The Kanagawa motorcycle officer is known as the “Goddess of the Wind” because of her riding ability. Fallen Angel of the Highway gives her a far larger role than she normally occupies in the broader story.
The case also connects directly to her past through her late brother Kenji Hagiwara and his friend Jinpei Matsuda, two members of the police-academy generation that has become increasingly important to the franchise.
That gives the pursuit a personal dimension underneath the high-speed spectacle.
The movie was built around speed
Hasui emphasized the motorcycle sequences during the Japanese promotion, and the trailers make the priority obvious.
Highway chases, damaged bikes and Conan desperately holding on during increasingly dangerous maneuvers are central to the film's action language.
The Japanese theatrical release reflected that ambition. The movie opened across a franchise-record 526 theaters, including IMAX, 4DX, MX4D and Dolby Cinema presentations.
The large-format campaign effectively advertised the movie as the series' high-speed installment.
MISIA provides the theme song
Japanese singer MISIA performs the movie's theme, Last Dance Anata to.
Minami Takayama returns as Conan, Wakana Yamazaki voices Ran and Rikiya Koyama plays Kogoro. Miyuki Sawashiro voices Chihaya Hagiwara.
The feature runs for approximately 109 minutes.
Conan's French theatrical presence keeps growing
For years, theatrical Detective Conan releases in France were sporadic rather than expected.
Recent installments have gradually changed that pattern, and Fallen Angel of the Highway continues the franchise's more regular presence on French screens through Sony Pictures Entertainment France.
Longtime fans get Chihaya in a starring role. Newcomers get a surprisingly simple entry point: a tiny detective, a black motorcycle called Lucifer and an investigation that refuses to slow down.
