A Ghost Ship Murder Case

Episode 61-62 (Int. Episode {{{int-episode}}})
Information
Title:	A Ghost Ship Murder Case
Japanese title:	幽霊船殺人事件 (Yūreisen Satsujin Jiken)
Original airdate:	June 2, 1997 (Part 1) June 9, 1997 (Part 2)
Season:	3
Manga source:	TV Original
English version
English title:	Ghost Ship Murder
Dubbed episode:	Episode 63-64
Case
Cast:	Conan Edogawa Kogoro Mouri Ran Mouri
Case solved by:	Conan Edogawa
Next Conan's Hint:	Gunshot wound (Part 1) Paint (Part 2)
Staff
Director:	Kenji Kodama
Screenplay:	Yuuichi Higurashi
Storyboard:	61 Hirohito Ochi 62 Yasuichiro Yamamoto
Episode director:	61 Susumu Ishizaki 62 Yasuichiro Yamamoto
Animation Director:	61 Akio Kawamura, Izumi Shimura 62 Keiko Sasaki
Voice Cast: Minami Takayama as Conan Edogawa Wakana Yamazaki as Ran Mouri Akira Kamiya as Kogoro Mouri Eisuke Yoda as Goro Kinoshita Kousei Tomita as Takeo Mikami Chisa Yokoyama as Suzu Mikami Hidetoshi Nakamura as Yasuo Uehara Kazuaki Ito as Kouji Hamada Toshihiko Nakajima as Resident Isshin Chiba as Farmer A, Youth 1 Wataru Takagi as Farmer B, Youth 2, Next Conan's Hint Yasuhiro Takato as Villager
Music
Opening song:	Nazo
Closing song:	Hikari to Kage no Roman
Chronology
Prev episode:	« An Illustrator Murder Case
Next episode:	Big Monster Gomera Murder Case »
List of episodes

Cast

Characters
Conan Edogawa Kogoro Mouri Ran Mouri

Gadgets

Gadgets
Voice-Changing Bowtie Power-Enhancing Kick Shoes Stun-Gun Wristwatch

Case

Situation

Part 1

Attempted Murder
	Location: Shiki Island Victim: Kogoro Mouri Suspects: Unknown culprit

Murder

Location: Shiki Island Victim: Kouji Hamada Cause of death: Throat impaled by katana Suspects: Kogoro Mouri and Yasuo Uehara When Kogoro travels to Shiki Island to give a lecture, Chief Mikami enlists his help to find a billion dollars in gold that was lost off their shores. But when someone tries to take his life, Kogoro decides to leave. However, Chief Mikami forces the detective to continue his search while the death toll rises. Are the killings the result of the Pirate's Curse, or does someone else have their sights on the gold?

Part 2

Suicide?

Location: Shiki Island Victim: Yasuo Uehara Cause of death: Gunshot wound Framed for the death of his assailant, Kogoro faces a murder wrap and it's up to Conan to clear his name. But when the two prime suspects are killed themselves, Conan is back to square one. In order to solve the mystery, the young sleuth realizes that he has to go where no one else will; into the eerie darkness of the Pirates' Cave!

People

Goro Kinoshita
	53 years old Shiki Island Town Hall assistant official

Takeo Mikami
	50 years old Shiki Island mayor

Suzu Mikami
	7 years old Daughter of Mayor Mikami

Yasuo Uehara
	Victim (gunshot) 44 years old Touto Travel Company, Sales

Kouji Hamada
	Victim (stabbed) 42 years old Lighthouse staff

Resolution

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The culprit is Goro Kinoshita. His motive was for the missing billion yen gold on the Shiki Island Ghost Ship. Kouji Hamada was originally one of its crew who killed his comrades to keep the gold to himself and set up an identity as the island's new lighthouse keeper. Kinoshita captured and tortured him for the ship's location, later killing him. He then Uehara to prevent him for getting the spoils as well.

Conan deduces the gunshot wound he received from Uehara was self-inflicted given how it only scorched skin and that there was a gunpowder burn (indicating indirect close range fire).

Trivia

• Insert song: "Kimi ga Ireba" by Iori

Dub changes

• The names of the characters and places in the Funimation Dub are:

• Goro Kinoshita - Edmund Hanratty
• Takeo Mikami - Ghief Mikami
• Yasuo Uehara - Rex Lager
• Kouji Hamada - Hank Hamada
• Ryuujinmaru - Ryumaru
• Water Army Reference Hall - Museum of Nautical History

See also

• Season 3