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E102 - The Historical Drama Actor Murder Case (Part 1)

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    Encounters are mysterious!
    But cases are even more so!
[00:04] ---
    I'm so glad I'm with you!
[00:06] ---
    Today's stage is a
    regular apartment building!
[00:08] ---
    All the players
    are set in front of Conan!
[00:09] ---
    He sees the single truth for what it is,
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    and looks like a kid but
    has the mind of an adult!
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    His name? Detective Conan!
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    "The Historical Drama Actor
    Murder Case (Part 1)."
[01:59] ---
    Eh?! Hijikata Kozaburo-san,
    the historical drama actor?!
[02:04] ---
    Yep! He should be
    here soon to see me!
[02:08] ---
    Apparently, he's going
    to play a detective on TV next,
[02:12] ---
    so he wants to hear what this
    great detective thinks about things!
[02:16] ---
    That's amazing!
[02:17] ---
    Yeah.
[02:19] ---
    Huh? But I thought he only
    did historical dramas...
[02:24] ---
    Don't look at me.
    He seems to be on the decline lately.
[02:28] ---
    Maybe he has no other choice?
[02:32] ---
    So sorry I'm on the decline.
[02:32] ---
    Hijikata Kozaburo (51) Actor
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    H-Hijikata Kozabur--!
[02:39] ---
    Not so loud, Miss!
[02:43] ---
    The press has ears everywhere!
[02:47] ---
    Press?
[02:48] ---
    Oh, because of the fuss about
    your divorce with your wife?
[02:52] ---
    Divorce?
[02:53] ---
    No, no, it's completely unfounded!
    It's a bunch of baloney.
[02:57] ---
    Even my wife Isami is troubled by it!
[03:00] ---
    Just some small talk with a dapper man
[03:03] ---
    has everyone exclaiming,
    "Affair!" and, "Breakup!"
[03:05] ---
    It can't be helped. You did choose
    a beautiful actress as your wife!
[03:13] ---
    Well, in any case, let's finish
    up here and head to my place.
[03:20] ---
    Okay, Mori-sensei?
[03:22] ---
    Sensei?
[03:32] ---
    Right this way, Sensei.
[03:34] ---
    Please stop it; I'm no "Sensei"...
[03:36] ---
    I'm hoping you can educate me
    in the finer points of detective work.
[03:42] ---
    So "Sensei" definitely fits!
[03:44] ---
    Yeah, I guess when you put it like that!
[03:51] ---
    Hey. Why do we
    hafta sneak in from the back?
[03:55] ---
    The front entrance is
    often swarming with reporters.
[04:03] ---
    Just a moment.
[04:07] ---
    Oh! Looks like there's no one today!
[04:11] ---
    If they happened to
    see me with a detective
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    while all this divorce
    nonsense is going on,
[04:17] ---
    who knows what they would write next!
[04:20] ---
    That's true!
[04:27] ---
    Oh?! Aren't you
    Okita Hajime-san, the actor?!
[04:31] ---
    Yeah...
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    He's my next-door neighbor.
[04:35] ---
    Headed out?
[04:38] ---
    Yeah. To the convenience store.
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    Okita Hajime (29) Actor
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    Don't worry. I'll be waiting for you in my place
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    just like we agreed.
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    "Agreed"?
[04:51] ---
    I thought I'd talk to
    him about you-know-what.
[04:55] ---
    What's "you-know-what"?
[04:58] ---
    Rumor is he's the guy Hijikata-san's
    wife is having an affair with.
[05:05] ---
    No way!
[05:07] ---
    Well, get in!
[05:08] ---
    Right!
[05:12] ---
    Oh, come to think of it,
    I haven't given you my card yet!
[05:17] ---
    Thanks.
[05:18] ---
    And one for you, little boy!
[05:20] ---
    Oh? You certainly seem
    to own many apartments!
[05:24] ---
    All the ones on the 6th floor, even!
[05:26] ---
    Yes. I used to use them as
    offices and rent them to people,
[05:32] ---
    but they're empty now.
[05:34] ---
    But we're headed to
    the 5th floor now, where I live.
[05:40] ---
    Oh! And here we are!
[05:48] ---
    This way!
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    Hijikata
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    Yes?
[05:54] ---
    It's me.
[05:57] ---
    Oh, welcome, Mr. Detective!
[05:59] ---
    Hello!
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    Wow! Nagakura Isami!
[06:03] ---
    Thank you for coming
[06:03] ---
    Nagakura Isami (38) Current Family Name: Hijikata,
    Hijikata Kozaburo's wife
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    all this way today for my husband!
[06:06] ---
    Please teach him well!
[06:10] ---
    After all, he only knows
    how to swing swords around!
[06:13] ---
    Well, excuse me!
[06:14] ---
    You get along well! Where did
    this marital strife rumor ever start?
[06:20] ---
    Honestly! We should invite the
    person who wrote that article over!
[06:24] ---
    The newspapers just find it amusing!
[06:27] ---
    Well, right this way! Come on in!
[06:36] ---
    Start by relaxing in the living room!
[06:38] ---
    Thanks!
[06:44] ---
    Brilliant acting, just what
    I'd expect from a former actress.
[06:48] ---
    You hardly seem like a wicked woman
[06:50] ---
    trying to swipe a big sum of
    compensation money from her husband.
[06:53] ---
    Oh, but it was your flirtatious
    tendencies that started it.
[06:58] ---
    So, once you cut loose from me,
[06:59] ---
    are you planning to
    hook up with that lowlife Okita?
[07:03] ---
    I don't know. I haven't
    planned that far.
[07:07] ---
    Could you wait in here a bit, Mori-sensei?
[07:10] ---
    Yes, don't worry about us!
[07:19] ---
    Anyways, what are you doing,
    bringing a detective here?
[07:24] ---
    I thought you, me, and Okita-*kun
    *were going to talk this evening?
[07:28] ---
    I don't know what you want
    to talk about at this point, though.
[07:32] ---
    Now, don't be like that.
    I have my own circumstances.
[07:37] ---
    You've been a bit strange lately.
[07:39] ---
    Suddenly redecorating
    and cleaning the place...
[07:43] ---
    It's not my fault. I have nothing
    to do now that I've lost my livelihood.
[07:46] ---
    Anyways, I leave that detective to you!
[07:50] ---
    I'll be waiting in the office!
    Hurry it up!
[07:53] ---
    Yeah.
[07:55] ---
    I was planning to.
[07:59] ---
    What's taking Hijikata-san so long?
[08:02] ---
    It's been half an hour now!
[08:05] ---
    Yeah, what could he be doing?
[08:09] ---
    Huh? It won't light.
[08:13] ---
    Maybe it's time you give up smoking?
[08:19] ---
    Oh, here we go!
[08:20] ---
    What is that?! A gun?!
[08:23] ---
    Don't be dumb! This is a lighter!
[08:25] ---
    You pull the trigger like so and
    the flame comes out of the barrel!
[08:30] ---
    Come on! Darn you!
[08:38] ---
    T-The trigger broke!
[08:44] ---
    Sorry for the wait!
[08:46] ---
    My wife usually takes care of this,
    so it took me a while!
[08:52] ---
    Oh? Did Isami-san leave?
[08:55] ---
    Yeah. Said she was
    going to a friend's house.
[08:59] ---
    Oh, yes! I bought something
    I was hoping you'd teach me about!
[09:05] ---
    Oh? That's strange.
    I'm certain I left it here...
[09:09] ---
    L-Left what?
[09:11] ---
    A model gun.
    It was quite pricey, too.
[09:15] ---
    The detective I'm
    going to play is a flashy one
[09:18] ---
    who wears disguises
    and shoots guns, you see!
[09:22] ---
    I was hoping you could
    show me how to hold a gun!
[09:25] ---
    You don't need anything like that!
[09:27] ---
    Besides, TV detectives
    these days don't carry guns!
[09:32] ---
    You should strive for realism!
[09:35] ---
    But that'd be much weaker...
[09:38] ---
    I hear the first scene starts with
    a shootout between me and the killer
[09:41] ---
    on this very riverbank...
[09:43] ---
    Riverbank?
[09:44] ---
    Yes.
[09:48] ---
    See? Right there!
[09:50] ---
    Wow! What a lovely view!
[09:53] ---
    This must be quite
    a nice view at night, too!
[09:56] ---
    The charm wears off before too long!
[09:58] ---
    It's so nice having a river right there!
[10:03] ---
    A phone.
[10:04] ---
    Huh? It's coming from over there.
[10:06] ---
    It's Okita's phone.
[10:09] ---
    Eh? Then that's Okita's--?
[10:11] ---
    Yeah. That's more reason
    why the reporters stir up trouble here.
[10:26] ---
    I-Isami!
[10:28] ---
    Hey! What happened?!
    Isami! Say something!
[10:31] ---
    We're on the 5th floor!
[10:33] ---
    Dammit!
[10:36] ---
    That lowlife!
    What did he do to my Isami?!
[10:39] ---
    Okita
[10:39] ---
    Hey! Okita! Get out here!
[10:42] ---
    Okita! Okita!
[10:47] ---
    Damn it!
[10:48] ---
    If you'd like,
[10:49] ---
    I can explain things at the front desk
[10:52] ---
    and get a spare key!
[10:54] ---
    Thanks! I'll keep watch here
    to make sure he doesn't escape!
[10:59] ---
    Then I'll call for the
    police and an ambulance!
[11:02] ---
    Wait!
[11:03] ---
    It'd be faster to go directly
    to the nearby police box instead!
[11:08] ---
    Right!
[11:08] ---
    I'm counting on you!
[11:15] ---
    Eh?! Hijikata-san's wife,
    in Okita-san's room?!
[11:19] ---
    D-Does that mean--?
[11:20] ---
    We need the spare key!
[11:22] ---
    Dad! I brought a policeman!
[11:25] ---
    You have a spare key,
    don't you?! Come with us!
[11:32] ---
    Damn! It's not coming down!
[11:36] ---
    Is this elevator out of order?!
[11:39] ---
    No, it shouldn't be...
[11:43] ---
    No other choice!
    Let's use the stairs! Come on!
[11:46] ---
    R-Right!
[11:49] ---
    Come on! Let's go, Conan-kun!
[11:51] ---
    Okay.
[11:52] ---
    This is the floor!
[11:54] ---
    Oh! I've been waiting!
[11:57] ---
    Did anything happen?
[11:59] ---
    I've been pounding on the door,
[12:01] ---
    but there hasn't
    been so much as a peep.
[12:03] ---
    The key, please!
[12:04] ---
    R-Right!
[12:06] ---
    What's all the noise in front of my door?
[12:10] ---
    Move!
[12:11] ---
    Wait!
[12:15] ---
    I-Isami!
[12:18] ---
    What?!
[12:19] ---
    Hey! Say something! Isami! Isami!
[12:23] ---
    Isami! Isami!
[12:26] ---
    It's no use. She's gone.
[12:28] ---
    O-Oh no...
[12:31] ---
    It appears she was strangled
    to death with a wire of some sort.
[12:34] ---
    Something like fishing line, most likely.
[12:38] ---
    It seems she died
    less than thirty minutes ago...
[12:40] ---
    B-But what is she doing on my veranda?
[12:44] ---
    Don't play dumb!
[12:46] ---
    We saw her collapse on
    the veranda from your room!
[12:50] ---
    Who else could've done it?!
[12:53] ---
    I had nothing to do with it!
[12:55] ---
    The old guy's right.
    It definitely looks like he killed her.
[13:02] ---
    We just need to find the fishing line,
    expose his motive, and...
[13:12] ---
    Hijikata-san.
[13:13] ---
    I know it must be hard, but leave
    her as-is until the examiners arrive.
[13:18] ---
    Wait a minute!
[13:20] ---
    Could this incident be--?!
[13:29] ---
    The deceased is
    Hijikata Isami-san, age 38.
[13:33] ---
    Cause of death, suffocation.
[13:36] ---
    We can probably assume
    she was strangled to death
[13:38] ---
    with thin rope or something.
[13:41] ---
    So, is it true you saw her
    when she was murdered?
[13:45] ---
    Yes.
[13:47] ---
    I can't say if it was right
    after she was murdered or not,
[13:50] ---
    but Ran, Conan, her husband
    Kozaburo-san, and I all saw her.
[13:56] ---
    We just happened to be on the veranda.
[13:59] ---
    We heard a phone ring
    from Okita-san's apartment,
[14:04] ---
    and when we glanced
    in that direction...
[14:07] ---
    ...Isami-san collapsed onto
    this veranda from inside the room.
[14:12] ---
    Probably as a corpse.
[14:14] ---
    And then what happened?
[14:15] ---
    We rushed here
    immediately, of course.
[14:19] ---
    But the door was locked,
[14:21] ---
    and there was no sound from inside,
    no matter how hard we knocked.
[14:25] ---
    We left Hijikata-san in
    front of the door to keep watch,
[14:28] ---
    and I went to the front desk
    downstairs to get a spare key.
[14:33] ---
    And, just as expected,
    when we went inside,
[14:35] ---
    the body was here, on the veranda.
[14:39] ---
    Come on! I've had enough of this!
[14:42] ---
    I'm the one who's shocked to
    see Isami-san lying on my veranda!
[14:46] ---
    Nor do I remember
    anyone knocking on the door!
[14:49] ---
    Besides, why would
    I kill Isami-san anyway?!
[14:53] ---
    You dumbass!
[14:55] ---
    Are you still trying to play innocent?!
[14:58] ---
    I watched the door hard
    enough to bore a hole in it!
[15:03] ---
    Who else could've done it but you?!
[15:06] ---
    Now, now, now, Hijikata-san.
[15:08] ---
    In that case, Okita-san,
[15:10] ---
    could you tell us what you
    were doing between 4:00 and 4:30,
[15:15] ---
    when the murder took place?
[15:17] ---
    I was here at home, listening to music.
[15:21] ---
    Because Hijikata-san told
    me to let him visit this evening.
[15:25] ---
    Hijikata-san?
[15:26] ---
    Yes, I asked him to make some free time
[15:30] ---
    so I could see if the rumors
    about him and Isami were true.
[15:35] ---
    I guess the rumors might've been true.
[15:40] ---
    Isami-san came
    here before Hijikata-san
[15:42] ---
    so she and Okita-san could
    get their story straight,
[15:47] ---
    but it turned into an argument,
    and he killed her without thinking.
[15:50] ---
    I'm telling you, she never came here!
[15:53] ---
    There's something else fishy about you.
[15:56] ---
    What?!
[15:58] ---
    As you know,
[15:59] ---
    Hijikata-san always plays
    famous warriors and swordsmen.
[16:07] ---
    But you're stuck playing villains
    like thieves, spies, and love rivals.
[16:12] ---
    What's that have to do with anything?
[16:15] ---
    It's too much to be mere coincidence.
[16:18] ---
    I'd say the same thing about
    how you always happen upon murders.
[16:24] ---
    Inspector! I found something
    like fishing line on the floor!
[16:27] ---
    Really?
[16:29] ---
    W-Wait! I've never seen that before!
[16:32] ---
    In any case,
[16:33] ---
    we have witnesses who saw the
    body fall onto the veranda from here,
[16:38] ---
    and we found the murder weapon.
[16:40] ---
    You can save your explanations
    for when we're back at the station.
[16:45] ---
    Hey, now! You can't be serious!
[16:49] ---
    A scrape near her underarm!
[16:52] ---
    How did that get here?!
[16:55] ---
    Come on, Conan-kun!
    Don't stay over there! Hurry inside!
[17:00] ---
    Say, Ran-neechan. I guess
    there really are zombies, huh?
[17:04] ---
    Eh?
[17:05] ---
    After all, when this lady fell,
    her legs were still in the room!
[17:11] ---
    But when we came here,
    her whole body was on the veranda!
[17:16] ---
    Yeah, now that you mention it!
[17:18] ---
    That means she must've moved on her own...
[17:22] ---
    Is this true?
[17:23] ---
    Yes!
[17:24] ---
    When we saw her collapse,
    only her upper body was on the veranda.
[17:29] ---
    The killer probably just moved it.
[17:32] ---
    He probably set the body
    against the veranda window.
[17:37] ---
    It fell onto the veranda, which we saw.
[17:42] ---
    Flustered by our
    pounding on the front door,
[17:45] ---
    he pulled the body onto
    the veranda to avoid trouble.
[17:52] ---
    Am I wrong, Okita-san, the killer?
[17:55] ---
    Yes, you are!
[17:56] ---
    If so, then the body was pulled
    onto the veranda rather violently.
[18:02] ---
    The body has many scrapes on it.
[18:06] ---
    I see. So you must've been in quite a panic.
[18:09] ---
    H-Hold on!
[18:11] ---
    I just told you, Isami-*san
    *didn't come here! She never had before!
[18:16] ---
    I tidied up because they
    said they were coming over today.
[18:21] ---
    Isn't that right, old man?!
[18:22] ---
    Yes. This is my first
    time in this apartment,
[18:27] ---
    but I can't say for sure for Isami...
[18:30] ---
    Oh? Then you're amazing, Mister!
[18:34] ---
    After all, you ran directly to
    the veranda where your wife was!
[18:39] ---
    Even though you've never been
    here! It's almost like you're psychic!
[18:48] ---
    Yeah, come to think of it!
[18:50] ---
    He ran right past me
    and went straight to the veranda!
[18:58] ---
    That's easy, little boy!
[19:01] ---
    All the rooms on the 5th floor
    and above have the same design,
[19:05] ---
    aside from the reverse layouts!
[19:07] ---
    You seem quite well-informed.
[19:10] ---
    Yes, I own all the rooms
    on the 6th floor, you see.
[19:15] ---
    So it's only natural that you know...
[19:20] ---
    Alright. For now, let's take
    Okita-san in as a material witness.
[19:26] ---
    H-Hey!
[19:27] ---
    I ask that you two come as well.
[19:30] ---
    Eh? Me, too?
[19:32] ---
    It's nothing. He just
    wants to ask some questions.
[19:36] ---
    It's obvious who the killer is.
[19:41] ---
    It's true that this looks
    like an open-and-shut case,
[19:46] ---
    but something bugs me!
[19:48] ---
    That creepy smile he had when
    he was by Isami-san's dead body!
[19:52] ---
    But she did collapse before his very eyes.
[19:57] ---
    He could've set things up
    so she'd fall over on her own,
[20:02] ---
    but Okita-san says he was
    in this apartment the entire time.
[20:07] ---
    I doubt he could sneak into
    the apartment with a dead body...
[20:16] ---
    Can I answer it?
[20:19] ---
    Wait. I'll get it.
[20:24] ---
    Yes? Hello?
[20:25] ---
    Oh, Inspector Megure?! It's Takagi!
[20:27] ---
    Yeah?
[20:28] ---
    I'm at the front desk downstairs!
[20:30] ---
    Huh? What's wrong? What's all that noise?
[20:33] ---
    What's going on?!
[20:34] ---
    Let us in!
[20:36] ---
    It's the newspaper reporters!
    They caught wind of the incident!
[20:42] ---
    What?!
[20:42] ---
    Just please hurry down here!
[20:45] ---
    We've locked the entrance,
    but given how they are...
[20:48] ---
    Hey, now! We can't have them
    get inside right now! Do something--
[20:52] ---
    Say. Do you have any
    other phones in your home?
[20:57] ---
    No. Just that one.
[20:59] ---
    What?! They're here, too?!
    Where'd they come from?!
[21:04] ---
    How should I know?!
[21:06] ---
    Yeah! Alright!
    I'll be right down! Just wait!
[21:11] ---
    How did the press find out so quickly?
[21:20] ---
    It's not too surprising.
[21:22] ---
    Hijikata-san was being hounded
    by reporters about the divorce.
[21:29] ---
    Anyways, don't tell the
    reporters anything you shouldn't.
[21:32] ---
    You're a decoy.
[21:34] ---
    I'll divert everyone's
    attention before a panic happens,
[21:37] ---
    so you can take
    Okita down to the station!
[21:39] ---
    I understand the plan!
[21:43] ---
    I'd hold off on
    taking him if I were you.
[21:46] ---
    W-When did you get in here?!
[21:47] ---
    After all, when we brought
    the spare key to the room,
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    Okita-san opened the door himself.
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    Even if he did hide her on the veranda,
    she'd be seen right away!
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    If I was the killer, I'd hide
    her somewhere less obvious
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    or escape the moment
    the door was open!
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    You're so dumb! Shut up, kid!
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    But--!
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    You were on the 5th floor veranda yourself
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    when you saw her
    body come out of the room!
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    Now I see!
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    So that's what happened!
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    I found it!
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    The method Hijikata-san used
    to lead us to a deceptive place!
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    Where are you going? You're the real killer...
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    ...Hijikata Kozaburo-san!
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    What?!
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    I told you, show some proof!
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    Certainly. The proof is...
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    On the next Conan--
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    "The Historical Drama
    Actor Murder Case (Part 2)"
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    Next Conan's hint:
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    Tea.
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    Next episode the actors' case is solved.
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    Ah, so they're the culprit.
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    Do you really know who it is?
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