The White Sandy Beach Murder Case

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Episode 113
(Int. Episode 119)

Information

Title:

The White Sandy Beach Murder Case

Japanese title:

白い砂浜殺人事件
(Shiroi Sunahama Satsujin Jiken)

Original airdate:

August 17, 1998

Broadcast rating:

19.8%

Season:

3

Manga source:

Special Volume 1: File 6

Case

Cast:

Conan Edogawa
Kogoro Mouri
Ran Mouri

Case solved by:

Kogoro Mouri (via Conan)

Next Conan's Hint:

Feather

Staff

Director:

Kenji Kodama

Screenplay:

Yutaka Yamada

Storyboard:

Yasuichiro Yamamoto

Episode director:

Kazuo Nogami

Animation director:

Hirobi Muranaka

Character design:

Masatomo Sudo
Yasuhiro Moriki (design works)

Voice cast:

Minami Takayama as Conan Edogawa
Wakana Yamazaki as Ran Mouri
Akira Kamiya as Kogoro Mouri
Kazusa Murai as Tomoko Yamada
Akimasa Ohmori as Tanaka
Yuzuru Fujimoto as Old detective
Isshin Chiba as Customer
Yoshiko Okamoto as Lady
Eiji Maruyama as Old man
Wataru Takagi as Barkeeper, Next Conan's Hint

Music

Opening song:

"Unmei no Roulette Mawashite"

Closing song:

"Kōri no Ue ni Tatsu Yō ni"

The White Sandy Beach Murder Case (白い砂浜殺人事件 ,Shiroi Sunahama Satsujin Jiken) is the 113th episode of Detective Conan anime.

Cast

Characters

Conan Edogawa

Kogoro Mouri

Ran Mouri

Gadgets

Gadgets

Voice-Changing Bowtie

Stun-Gun Wristwatch

Case

Situation

A young and beautiful woman named Mitsuko Sekine is found by a reef drowned in what appears to be a suicide. When information that the town's doctor had been intimate with her in the past is revealed, and Mitsuko's best friend Tomoko insists it was murder, both Conan and Kogoro suspect she is right and that suicide is impossible. Now the two must find the clues before his drinking alibi fully comes through, but what to do when Tanaka was actually drinking with Kogoro himself?

Suicide?

Location: Underwater from Shirahama Beach, Wakayama Prefecture

Victim: Mitsuko Sekine

Age: 24 years old

Cause of death: Drowning

Suspects: Dr. Tanaka

People

Tanaka
	Shirahama hospital doctor Mitsuko's ex-fiance

Tomoko Yamada
	Mitsuko's best friend

Mitsuko Sekine
	Victim (drowned) 24 years old Tanaka's fiancee

Policeman
	Shirahama Police officer

Mrs. Koizumi
	Koizumi Shop owner

Amamiya
	Amamiya bar owner

Man
	Bar customer Tanaka's friend

Old man
	Resident near Shirahama sea Retired

Police detective
	Shirahama Police detective

Resolution

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Tomoko tearfully said that she suspected Dr. Tanaka of being the killer, and she was right. Tanaka killed poor Mitsuko since she was his girlfriend at the time, but he had been offered a very good arranged marriage to his boss' daughter. Thinking that Mitsuko's presence would ruin an alliance that would further his career, he decided to take her out of the picture, permanently.

Tanaka brought a swim ring and hid it, then called Mitsuko for a date. He drugged Mitsuko and took her to the seaside; then he tied a boulder to her bare feet, put the float ring around her and poked a hole in it then left her adrift on the ocean. The waves took the still unconscious Mitsuko into the sea and soon she feel to the bottom of the sea, unable to escape and ultimately drowning. Meanwhile, Tanaka was out drinking with other friends of his (and with Kogoro, Ran, and Conan around as well), and this was his alibi.

The biggest mistakes that Tanaka made were:

• Buying the swim ring in the village. Conan asked around and easily found the person who sold it to Tanaka, who was told by him that he'd give it to a friend's child as a gift; he also showed some photos, with the seller recognizing the ring.

• Tying Mitsuko's feet in a way that, when photos were compared to Ran doing likewise under orders of Kogoro-via-Conan, was highly suspicious. They were tied up with the string's ends towards her toes, instead of the other way round; that is proof that she had not tied the boulder to her own body, but somebody else had done so.

Afterwards, Kogoro, Conan, and Ran are seen riding home on a bus, when Tomoko riding a bicycle thanks Kogoro for solving her friends Murder.

Translation changes

Anime

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

• Tanaka - Dr. Marshal Kennedy
• Tomoko Yamada - Liv Collins
• Mitsuko Sekine - Annie Evans
• Policeman - Police Chief Takai

Trivia

• This is the second and final episode to be adapted from the manga Detective Conan Special, with the first being The Kidnapping Location Case.
• The Shirahama sea sunset reappeared in a painting in Yokosuka Castle from The Last Wizard of the Century and in the store from Detective George's Mini-Mini Big Strategy. Open spoiler box to see images.

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Episode 113

Movie 3

Short Story Episode 4

BGM listing

#	Song Title	Romaji	Translation	OST
1	運命のルーレット廻して	Unmei no Roulette Mawashite	Spinning the Roulette of Destiny	Unmei no Roulette Mawashite
2	(Unreleased Sound Effect/BGM)
3	蘭のテーマ （摩天楼ヴァージョン）	Ran no Tēma (Mantenrō Vājon)	Ran's Theme (Skyscraper ver.)	Detective Conan "The Time-Bombed Skyscraper" Original Soundtrack
4	新一の名推理	Shin'ichi no Meisuiri	Shinichi's Great Deduction	Detective Conan Original Soundtrack 3
5	事件現場 （オリジナルver.）	Jiken Genba (Orijinaru ver.)	Scene of the Case (Original ver.)	Detective Conan Original Soundtrack 2
6	推理 （オリジナルver.）	Suiri (Orijinaru ver.)	Deduction (Original ver.)	Detective Conan Original Soundtrack 2
7	犯人からの電話	Hannin Kara no Denwa	Phone Call From the Culprit	Detective Conan "The Time-Bombed Skyscraper" Original Soundtrack
8	爆弾処理	Bakudan Shori	Bomb Disposal	Detective Conan "The Time-Bombed Skyscraper" Original Soundtrack
9	西の名探偵 （摩天楼ヴァージョン）	Nishi no Meitantei (Mantenrō Vājon)	The Great Detective of the West (Skyscraper ver.)	Detective Conan "The Time-Bombed Skyscraper" Original Soundtrack
10	忍び寄る危機	Shinobiyoru Kiki	Incoming Crisis	Detective Conan "The Time-Bombed Skyscraper" Original Soundtrack
11	対決のテーマ （落ち着きver.）	Taiketsu no Tēma (Ochitsuki ver.)	Showdown Theme (Calm ver.)	Detective Conan Original Soundtrack 2
12	氷の上に立つように	Kōri no Ue ni Tatsu Yō ni	Like Standing on Ice	Kōri no Ue ni Tatsu Yō ni
13	昼下がりの天使たち （摩天楼ヴァージョン）	Hirusagari no Tenshitachi (Mantenrō Vājon)	Early Afternoon Angels (Skyscraper ver.)	Detective Conan "The Time-Bombed Skyscraper" Original Soundtrack
14	事件解決（意気揚々ver.）	Jiken Kaiketsu (Ikiyōyō ver.)	Case Resolution (Triumphant ver.)	Detective Conan Original Soundtrack 2

Gallery

In other languages

Language	Title	Translation
Arabic	همس الأمواج	Whisper of the waves
Catalan (Catalan dub)	El cas de l'assassinat de la platja blanca	The white beach murder case
Catalan (Valencian dub)	Assassinat a la platja d'arena blanca	Murder at the white sand beach
Chinese	白色海灘殺人事件	The White Sandy Beach Murder Case
French	Plage en deuil	Sorrow on the beach
Galician	Asasinato na praia de area branca	Murder at the white sand beach
German	Die Strömung bringt es an den Tag	The Current Reveals It
Italian	Il medico legale	The Coroner
Korean	흰 모래사장 살인 사건	The White Sandy Beach Murder Case
Spanish (American dub)	Asesinato en la playa de arena blanca	Murder at the white sand beach
Spanish (Castilian dub)	El asesinato en la playa de arena blanca	Murder at the white sand beach
Thai	คดีฆาตกรรมบนชายหาดสีขาว	A murder case at a white sandy beach
Vietnamese	Vụ án giết người trên bãi cát trắng	Murder Case on the White Sand Beach

See also

• Season 3