‘Story of Ai Haibara – Black Iron Mystery Train’ in Lankan cinemas

Saturday, 29 July 2023 00:05 - - {{hitsCtrl.values.hits}}

‘The Story of Ai Haibara – Black Iron Mystery Train’, a compilation movie in the Detective Conan franchise, is being screened at Colombo City Centre, PVR Cinema and Kandy City Centre.

The movie contains footage from episodes featuring Haibara, with a new narration from Conan. All dialogues from the episodes have been re-recorded.

The movie’s synopsis: A woman with three identities, who boldly faces her destiny. Shiho Miyano (code name: Sherry), a scientist and a member of the Black Organization, was the one who developed a mysterious poison APTX (Apotoxin) 4869, the drug that turned Shinichi Kudo into a little boy! However, when Sherry realises that the Black Organization had murdered her sister Akemi, she betrays the Black Organization and decides to take APTX4869. The drug turns her into a little girl, and she decides to call herself Ai Haibara in order to hide from the Black Organization. Yet slowly but surely, the Black Organization begins to cast its shadow over her.

This spin-off contains the most popular episodes amongst Conan fans including: “Reunion with the Black Organization” where Ai Haibara has the worst possible reunion with the Black organisation executive: Gin; “The Mysterious Passenger” where Ai Haibara faces a life-threatening crisis after she notices the presence of the Black Organization’s members on a hijacked bus; and “The Jet-Black Mystery Train”, with a climax sequence which Ai Haibara is trapped on a luxury train.