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{{InfoBox Movie
 
{{InfoBox Movie
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| video              = urnEDpzP0HU
 
| movie              = 9
 
| movie              = 9
 
| image              = Movie 9.jpg
 
| image              = Movie 9.jpg
 
| title              = Strategy Above the Depths
 
| title              = Strategy Above the Depths
| japanese-title      = Suiheisenjyou no sutorateeji
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| english-title      =
| season              = 14
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| japanese-title      = {{lang|ja|名探偵コナン 水平線上の<ruby>陰謀<rp>(</rp><rt>ストラテジー</rt><rp>)</rp></ruby>}} <br> (Meitantei Konan: Suiheisenjō no Sutoratejii)
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| season              =
 
| airdate            = April 9, 2005
 
| airdate            = April 9, 2005
| english-airdate    =  
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| Broadcast rating when aired on television = 13.1% (aired on April 3, 2006)<ref>https://conanlover.com/movie-on-tv-data/</ref>
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| cast                = [[Conan Edogawa]] <br> [[Ran Mouri]] <br> [[Kogoro Mouri]] <br> [[Ai Haibara]] <br> [[Detective Boys]] <br> [[Sonoko Suzuki]] <br> [[Hiroshi Agasa]] <br> [[Juzo Megure]] <br> [[Wataru Takagi]] <br> [[Miwako Sato]] <br> [[Ninzaburo Shiratori]] <br> [[Kazunobu Chiba]] <br> [[Officer Tome]] <br> [[Female forensics member]] <br> [[Shinichi Kudo]] <br> [[Eri Kisaki]]
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| director            = [[Yasuichiro Yamamoto]]
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| screenplay          = [[Kazunari Kouchi]]
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| organizer          =
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| storyboard          = Yasuichiro Yamamoto <br> [[Masaharu Okuwaki]] (co-op) <br> [[Hajime Kamegaki]] (co-op) <br> [[Toshiki Hirano]] (co-op)
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| producer            = Yasuichiro Yamamoto
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| animation-director  = [[Masatomo Sudo]] (chief) <br> [[Junko Yamanaka]] <br> [[Seiji Muta]] (asst.) <br> [[Yoshiharu Shimizu]] (asst.) <br> [[Chiharu Sato]] (asst.) <br> [[Akio Kawamura]] (asst.) <br> [[Masahiko Itojima]] (asst.)
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| character-design    = Masatomo Sudo <br> '''Mechanical Design''': [[Yasuhiro Moriki]] <br> '''Layout checker''': Seiji Muta, Yoshiharu Shimizu, Chiharu Sato, Akio Kawamura, Masahiko Itojima <br> '''Design Works''': Junko Yamanaka
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| voice-cast          = [[Minami Takayama]] as [[Conan Edogawa]] <br> [[Kappei Yamaguchi]] as [[Shinichi Kudo]] <br> [[Wakana Yamazaki]] as [[Ran Mouri]] <br> [[Akira Kamiya]] as [[Kogoro Mouri]] <br> [[Naoko Matsui]] as [[Sonoko Suzuki]] <br> [[Kenichi Ogata]] as [[Hiroshi Agasa]] <br> [[Megumi Hayashibara]] as [[Ai Haibara]] <br> [[Yukiko Iwai]] as [[Ayumi Yoshida]] <br> [[Ikue Ohtani]] as [[Mitsuhiko Tsuburaya]] <br> [[Wataru Takagi (voice actor)|Wataru Takagi]] as [[Genta Kojima]], [[Wataru Takagi]] <br> [[Chafurin]] as [[Juzo Megure]] <br> [[Kazuhiko Inoue]] as [[Ninzaburo Shiratori]] <br> [[Atsuko Yuya]] as [[Miwako Sato]] <br> [[Isshin Chiba]] as [[Kazunobu Chiba]] <br> [[Toshihiko Nakajima]] as [[Officer Tome]] <br> [[Chinami Nishimura]] as Natsuho Tsujimoto <br> [[Keisuke Ihara]] as Jin Mizukubo <br> [[Kinryu Arimoto]] as Kensuke Niimi <br> [[Koji Yusa]] as Katsuhiko Shiomi <br> [[Koichi Yamadera]] as Hironari Kusaka <br> [[Koji Nakata]] as Wataru Kaido <br> [[Masaaki Okabe]] as Entaro Yashiro <br> [[Shinichiro Ota]] as Naoya Misaki <br> [[Toru Okawa]] as Yosuke Izawa, Shigeru Isozaki <br> [[Yoshiko Sakakibara]] as Minako Akiyoshi <br> [[Yoshino Otori]] as Takae Yashiro, Female customer A <br> [[Mariko Suzuki]] as Female customer B <br> [[Jin Yamanoi]] as Coast guard officer A <br> [[Shima Fukagawa]] as Announcement <br> Shogakukan young voice actors: [[Juna Maruyama]], [[Moe Okano]], [[Takayuki Matsuura]], [[Yuika Yamanaka]], [[Norie Asai]], [[Kensho Matsumoto]], [[Hiroaki Yamada]], and [[Takahiro Nemoto]]
 
| suspects            =
 
| suspects            =
| solved-by          = [[Kogoro Mouri]]
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| solved-by          = [[Hiroshi Agasa|Professor Agasa]] (via [[Conan Edogawa|Conan]]) <br> [[Kogoro Mouri]]
| case                =  
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| theme-song          = Natsu o Matsu Sail no Yō ni
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| soundtrack          = Detective Conan "Strategy Above the Depths" Original Soundtrack
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| case                =
 
| prev-movie          = Magician of the Silver Sky
 
| prev-movie          = Magician of the Silver Sky
 
| next-movie          = The Private Eyes' Requiem
 
| next-movie          = The Private Eyes' Requiem
 
| footnotes          =
 
| footnotes          =
 
}}
 
}}
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'''Strategy Above the Depths''' is the 9th movie in the ''[[Detective Conan]]'' franchise. It was released in Japan on April 9, 2005.
  
 
== Gadgets introduced ==
 
== Gadgets introduced ==
{{NewGadget|name = [[Cuff Link Speakers]]|image = Cuff Link Speakers.jpg|description =  
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{{NewGadget|name = [[Cuff Link Speakers]]|image = Cuff Link Speakers.jpg|description =
* Record conversations and transmit the conversation to the transceiver}}
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* Works similarly to the [[Microphone]] and [[Button Speaker]] combined}}
 
{{clearleft}}
 
{{clearleft}}
  
 
== Cast ==
 
== Cast ==
 
{{Char Appearances|
 
{{Char Appearances|
{{Char|Conan Edogawa}}
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{{char|Conan Edogawa}}
{{Char|Ran Mouri}}
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{{char|Ran Mouri}}
{{Char|Kogoro Mouri}}
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{{char|Kogoro Mouri}}
{{Char|Ai Haibara}}
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{{char|Shinichi Kudo|display=Shinichi Kudo (flashback)}}
{{Char|Ayumi Yoshida}}
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{{char|Ai Haibara}}
{{Char|Mitsuhiko Tsuburaya}}
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{{char|Ayumi Yoshida}}
{{Char|Genta Kojima}}
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{{char|Mitsuhiko Tsuburaya}}
{{Char|Sonoko Suzuki}}
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{{char|Genta Kojima}}
{{Char|Hiroshi Agasa|display=Dr. Agasa}}
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{{char|Sonoko Suzuki}}
{{Char|Inspector Megure}}
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{{char|Hiroshi Agasa}}
{{Char|Wataru Takagi}}
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{{char|Juzo Megure}}
{{Char|Miwako Sato}}
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{{char|Wataru Takagi}}
{{Char|Ninzaburo Shiratori}}
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{{char|Miwako Sato}}
{{Char|Officer Chiba}}
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{{char|Ninzaburo Shiratori}}
{{Char|Officer Tome}}
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{{char|Kazunobu Chiba}}
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{{char|Officer Tome}}
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{{char|Female forensics member|Female Forensic Member|display=Female forensics member}}
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{{char|Eri Kisaki|display=Eri Kisaki (background)}}
 
}}
 
}}
  
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{{Gadget|Power-Enhancing Kick Shoes}}
 
{{Gadget|Power-Enhancing Kick Shoes}}
 
{{Gadget|Stun-Gun Wristwatch}}
 
{{Gadget|Stun-Gun Wristwatch}}
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{{Gadget|Criminal Tracking Glasses}}
 
{{Gadget|Detective Boys Badge}}
 
{{Gadget|Detective Boys Badge}}
 
{{Gadget|Anywhere Ball Dispensing Belt}}
 
{{Gadget|Anywhere Ball Dispensing Belt}}
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}}
 
}}
  
== Plot ==
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== Case ==
[[Conan Edogawa|Conan Edogawa]] and the gang are taking a long needed vacation aboard a luxury liner – paid for by [[Sonoko Suzuki|Sonoko]]! Their peace and tranquility is interrupted, however, by a string of murders onboard involving VIPs; and this time, it’s up to [[Kogoro Mouri|Mouri]] to take the spotlight to solve the mystery. With the help of Conan, the case is closed; but as the suspects are caught, they decide to take the St. Aphrodite along with them. Now, Conan and the gang must escape the cruise ship before it sinks, but there may be more to the mystery than meets the eye. Can Conan discover its secret, and does an accident that happened years ago connected? You bet as he must think of a Strategy Above the Depths!
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=== Situation ===
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Fifteen years ago, a ship named "St. Yashiro Number 1" sank during an accident when a bomb exploded on deck after avoiding an iceberg.
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Shortly before that, the captain, Takeo Okita, was knocked out with a drug in his coffee. His first officer, Wataru Kaido, was suspected of the crime, but never convicted as the evidence sank.
  
== Detailed story ==
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{{InfoBox Crime
Conan and the gang are taking a long needed vacation aboard a luxury liner called the Saint Aphrodite. which was paid for by Sonoko! Earlier an established ship architect was found in his car on the bottom of a cliff. It is determined he died from a heart-attack. The kids decide to make a bracelet made of shells for Ran. While preparing to eat dinner on the cruise ship, [[Hiroshi Agasa|Professor Agasa]] shows Conan a new invention he made which were [[Cuff Link Speakers|Cuff-Link Speakers]]. Mouri takes the cuff link speakers away from Conan and puts it on his suit without knowing they were speakers, saying a "dandy" man like himself should wear them. Still waiting Conan takes off his glasses to clean them and drops them because he was bumped by Script Writer Kusaka Hironari, who notices Kogoro Mouri and begins to talk to him. He also introduces to Kogoro Mouri to Akiyoshi Minako (the lead designer of the design team for the ship). The next day the Detective Boys, Ran and Sonoko decide to play Hide and Seek on the Cruise Ship. The kids sneakily put the bracelet in [[Ran Mouri|Ran's]] pocket, Sonoko and [[Ai Haibara|Ai Haibara]] get picked to be it. Conan forgets about the game while shooting a volley ball at a wall. Therefore Conan is found easily. Sonoko and Ai find the rest of the kids could not find Ran. Meanwhile Kusaka Hironari is on the phone with Akiyoshi Minako. Kusaka tells her that he will read his new script to her and not for her to interrupt him. He plays a tape recorder near the phone, puts on a windbreaker and exits his room. He sneaks into the CEO's room and kills her. Earlier CEO's father (Yashiro Entarou) gets a note saying "I know the secret of 15 years ago. At 10:15 a.m., come to the basement marina." While Sonoko is in the basement looking for Ran. Entarou thinks she is the one who sent him the message so he knocks her out. Entarou then hides the body thinking shes dead. Soon after he returns to the Marina and Hironari attacks him. Hironari knocks him out thinking hes killed him and opens the basement door leading to the ocean. Right when Hironari is about to throw him out he comes too and they struggle. It is showed after that Entarou gets kicked out into the ocean. Meanwhile Sonoko comes too and relizes she is in a box and is very cold. Using a Detective Badge she was given by one of the kids she crys for help. Conan trys to locate her using his Glasses but it seems it was broken from when Hironari bumped into him. They find her after in the mortuary and get her to the medics. [[Juzo Megure|Inspector Megure]], [[Officer Tome|CSI Officer Tome]], [[Wataru Takagi|Takagi]] and [[Ninzaburo Shiratori|Shiratori]] get on a helicopter and land on the cruise ship to investigate the murder of the CEO and the dissapearance of Entarou. They question Hironari (the main suspect) but it seems he has an alibi as he was on the phone with Minako. Soon after Conan goes into Hironari's room and acts like a child. He sees a tape recorder but it has nothing on it(it was erased). The Police soon figure out that the death of the Established Ship archect is linked to these cases. Later that day there is a  ball party. During that party the people start to panic because the murder hasn't been caught. Kogoro Mouri soon tells everyone that the murder is Akiyoshi Minako. Knowing Kogoro is wrong Conan uses the Voice-Changing Bowtie to use Agasa's voice while Agasa mimics with his lips. Conan says that Hironari is the murderer. Hironari says He will detonate bombs if someone moves. He tells his story and runs away onto a motor boat. Conan chases him and gets into the other one  but it seems that the kids get on too. Conan soon uses his Tranquilizer and makes Hironari asleep. A bomb goes off in the ship so everyone evacuates from the ship. Ran stays behind quickly to try and grab the bracelet the kids made her where she left in her hiding spot. As she is in the hiding spot she hits her head and gets knocked out.
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| crime              = Murder (Past)
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| image              = M9-Minako.jpg
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| location            = Number 1 St. Yashiro
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| time                = 15 years ago
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| victim              = Takeo Okita
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| cause-death        = Ship explodes and sinks
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| suspects            = Wataru Kaido
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| description        =
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}}
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{{InfoBox Crime
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| crime              = Murder (Past)
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| image              = Movie9 Case0.jpg
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| location            = Number 1 St. Yashiro
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| time                = 15 years ago
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| victim              = Man
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| cause-death        = Ship explodes and sinks
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| suspects            = Wataru Kaido
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| description        =
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}}
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Everyone escaped in time, except for a sailor, who discovered Okita's drugged and drowned with the sinking ship.
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Half a month before the story begins, Hideto Yashiro, an architect working for the Yashiro group, suffers a fatal heart attack while driving and crashes off a cliff with his car.
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{{InfoBox Crime
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| crime              = Accident? (Past)
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| image              = Movie9 Case1.jpg
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| location            = Bottom of the cliff
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| victim              = Hideto Yashiro
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| cause-death        = Heart attack
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| age                = 49 years old
 +
| description        = While he was driving, he had a heart attack and fell off the cliff.
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}}
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[[Conan Edogawa|Conan]] and friends are invited by [[Sonoko Suzuki|Sonoko]] to join her in a cruise from Tokyo to Izu on the luxury liner "St. Aphrodite", belonging to the Yashiro Group. Shortly before the ship leaves, Hideto Yashiro's body is found and the police determine he died from a heart attack.
  
== People ==
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[[Ran Mouri|Ran]] has won a prestigious karate tournament and the [[Detective Boys]] decide to congratulate her by making a medal out of seashells for her.
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[[Hiroshi Agasa|Professor Agasa]] shows Conan his newest invention before dinner: [[Cuff Link Speakers]]. [[Kogoro Mouri|Kogoro]] believes them to be ordinary cufflinks, grabs them out of Conan's hands and declares he should wear them with his suit because cufflinks only belong to "elegant" men like Kogoro.
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Dinner takes a long time to arrive and Conan cleans his glasses when Hironari Kusaka, a scriptwriter, accidentally bumps into him. Kusaka recognises Kogoro and greets him excitedly. He also introduces Kogoro to Minako Akiyoshi, the lead designer working on the ship. Akiyoshi talks about the ship and tells everyone that Hideto Yashiro, who was found dead a few days earlier, was married to the current company president, Takae Yashiro.
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The next day, the Detective Boys, Ran, and Sonoko decide to play hide and seek on the cruise ship. The kids sneak Ran's medal into her jacket, wanting to surprise her. Sonoko and [[Ai Haibara|Haibara]] are picked as chasers. While "hiding", Conan finds a volley ball on deck and plays with it, kicking it against the nearest wall and dribbling. Ai finds him easily.
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Eventually, everyone is found except for Ran. Conan reminisces that Ran was always very good at hide and seek.
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At the same time, Kusaka calls Akiyoshi, telling her he has finished his newest script and that he will now read it to her, instructing Akiyoshi to only comment when he is finished. He puts a tape recorder near the phone receiver, presses play, puts on a jacket and sneaks out of the room into CEO Yashiro's room, where he stabs her with a knife.
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{{InfoBox Crime
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| crime              = Murder
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| image              = Movie9 Case2.jpg
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| location            = Aphrodite Cruise Ship - Yashiro's room
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| victim              = Takae Yashiro
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| age                = 51 years old
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| cause-death        = Stab wound in abdomen
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| suspects            = Hironari Kusaka
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| description        = Takae is stabbed in the abdomen while she was drying her hair.
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}}
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Entaro Yashiro, Takae's father, received a threatening note earlier that same morning, saying "I know what you did 15 years ago, meet me in the basement marina at 10:15."
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Sonoko looks for Ran in the ship's basement when someone suddenly knocks her unconscious.
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{{InfoBox Crime
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| crime              = Attempted Murder
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| image              = Movie9 Case3.jpg
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| location            = Aphrodite Cruise Ship - Marina
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| victim              = [[Sonoko Suzuki]]
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|cause-death          = Freezing
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|cause-death-label    = Attack types
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| suspects            = Entaro Yashiro
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| description        = Sonoko was attacked, then put in the mortuary room.
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}}
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At 10:15, Kusaka reveals himself to Entaro Yashiro in the marina and attacks him. Entaro fights back and seemingly overpowers Kusaka.
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{{InfoBox Crime
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| crime              = Murder
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| image              = Movie9 Case4.jpg
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| location            = Aphrodite Cruise Ship - Marina
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| victim              = Entaro Yashiro
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| age                = 78 years old
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| cause-death        = Stab wound
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| suspects            = Hironari Kusaka
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| description        = Entaro fights with Kusaka, who tried to kill him, and seemingly overpowers Kusaka, before being thrown out in the ocean with his chest stabbed.
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}}
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Kusaka knocks Entaro out and opens the basement door, wanting to throw his body into the ocean.
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Entaro comes to and tries to choke Kusaka, who defends himself by stabbing Entaro fatally into the chest and throwing him out of the ship.
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Sonoko wakes up in a box and feels icy cold. With a Detective Boys badge one of the children gave her before their game began, she contacts the others and cries for help. Conan tries to locate her using his glasses, but the sensors don't work after his glasses were knocked off by Kusaka the previous evening. They find Sonoko just in time and help her to the ship's doctor.
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[[Juzo Megure|Inspector Megure]], CSI [[Officer Tome]] and his [[Female forensics member|assistant]], [[Wataru Takagi|Takagi]], and [[Ninzaburo Shiratori|Shiratori]] land on the cruise ship with a helicopter, having been alerted of Takae's murder and Entaro's disappearance. Kusaka quickly becomes their main suspect as his father died when the St. Yashiro 1 sank fifteen years earlier, but the police discover he has an alibi, having been on the phone with Akiyoshi when the murder occured. Conan investigates Kusaka's room and discovers a tape recorder, but the tape it contains is blank.
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The police theorise that Hideto Yashiro's death was linked with the two cases on the ship.
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Later that day, the passengers are invited to a gala evening. News of the murder investigation makes the rounds and the guests start to panic. Kogoro calms everyone by announcing he has solved the case, accusing Minako Akiyoshi of killing Takae and possibly also Entaro Yashiro.
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Conan, who thinks Kogoro is wrong, asks Agasa's help. He mimics Agasa's voice with his bowtie while Agasa lip-syncs.
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Conan/Agasa announce Kusaka is the actual murderer and that he has dried blood on his hair which belonged to Takae Yashiro.
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{{InfoBox Crime
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| crime              = Cruise ship bombing
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| image              = Movie9 Case5.jpg
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| location            = St Yashiro
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| suspects            = Hironari Kusaka
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| suspects-label      = Culprit
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}}
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Kusaka shouts that he has planted bombs on the ship, wanting to take revenge for his father, and escapes on a motorboat. Conan chases after him with the other boat and notices the Detective Boys have snuck onto the boat as well. Conan stuns Kusaka and, at the same time, a bomb detonates on the ship. The ship is evacuated. Ran stays behind trying to retrieve the medal the Detective Boys made for her which she dropped in her hiding spot. She slips, hits her head on the wall and falls unconscious.
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Looking back at the case, Conan realizes Kusaka's alibi was too simple and figures out who the actual murderer was.
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=== People ===
 
{{BeginBox}}
 
{{BeginBox}}
 
{{People|Wataru Kaido|Wataru Kaido.jpg|
 
{{People|Wataru Kaido|Wataru Kaido.jpg|
 
* 56 years old
 
* 56 years old
* Captain of St. Aphrodite}}
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* St. Aphrodite captain
{{People|Hideto Yashiro|Hideto Yashiro.jpg|
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* Previous Number 1 St. Yashiro vice captain}}
* Deceased
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{{People|Takeo Okita|Takeo Okita.jpg|
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* Deceased (drowned)
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* Number 1 St. Yashiro captain}}
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{{People|Man|Kusaka.jpg|
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* Deceased (drowned)
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* Hironari's father
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* Number 1 St. Yashiro chief petty officer}}
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{{People|Hideto Yashiro|Hideto Yashiro.jpg|squeezed=1|
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* Deceased (heart attack)
 
* 49 years old
 
* 49 years old
* Yashiro Cruiser designer}}
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* Yashiro Cruiser designer
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* Takae's husband (married into the family)}}
 
{{People|Hironari Kusaka|Hironari Kusaka.jpg|
 
{{People|Hironari Kusaka|Hironari Kusaka.jpg|
 
* 26 years old
 
* 26 years old
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* 32 years old
 
* 32 years old
 
* Yashiro Cruiser designer}}
 
* Yashiro Cruiser designer}}
{{People|Entarou Yashiro|Entarou Yashiro.jpg|
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{{People|Entaro Yashiro|Entaro Yashiro.jpg|
* Victim
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* Victim (stabbed)
 
* 78 years old
 
* 78 years old
 
* Yashiro Group president}}
 
* Yashiro Group president}}
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* 51 years old
 
* 51 years old
 
* Yashiro Cruiser chief executive
 
* Yashiro Cruiser chief executive
* Entarou's daughter}}
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* Entaro's daughter}}
 
{{People|Natsuho Tsujimoto|Natsuho Tsujimoto.jpg|
 
{{People|Natsuho Tsujimoto|Natsuho Tsujimoto.jpg|
 
* 25 years old
 
* 25 years old
* Purser, Yashiro family's assistant}}
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* St. Aphrodite purser
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* Yashiro family's assistant}}
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{{People|Naoya Misaki|Naoya Misaki.jpg|
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* 36 years old
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* St. Aphrodite security officer
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* Chief purser}}
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{{People|Yosuke Izawa|Yousuke Isawa.png|
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* 39 years old
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* St. Aphrodite staff}}
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{{People|Jin Mizukubo|Hitoshi Mizukubo.jpg|
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* 52 years old
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* St. Aphrodite doctor}}
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{{People|Katsuhiko Shiomi|Katsuhiko Shiomi.jpg|
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* 38 years old
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* St. Aphrodite chef}}
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{{people|Shigeru Isozaki|waiteraphrodite.png|
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* 41 years old
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* St. Aphrodite dining room maître d'
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* Catering manager}}
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{{People|Norizama|Norizama2.png|
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* St. Aphrodite guide}}
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{{People|Kensuke Niimi|Kensuke Niimi.jpg|
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* Former Prime Minister
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* Entaro's friend}}
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{{People|Setsuko Niimi|Mrs Niimi.jpg|
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* Kensuke's wife
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* Takae's friend}}
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{{People|Man A|Shigeru Isozaki.png|
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* Rich client
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* Passenger}}
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{{people|Woman A|mrsisozaki.png|
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* Man's wife
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* Passenger}}
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{{People|Woman B|Shimai Uruashi.png|
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* "Beautiful sister"
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* Passenger}}
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{{people|Woman C|uruashi.png|
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* "Beautiful sister"
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* Passenger}}
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{{people|Man B|coastguard.png|
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* Izu, Japan Coast Guard officer}}
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{{people|Man C|coastguard2.png|
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* Izu, Japan Coast Guard officer
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* Helicopter pilot}}
 
{{EndBox}}
 
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== Resolution ==
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=== Resolution ===
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<spoiler>Conan reconsiders the facts of the case and remembers something odd he heard from Kogoro, who saw the culprit leaving Takae's room and how this fits together with the attack on Sonoko. He realises he has been tricked by the actual murderer, leaves the Detective Boys with the police and takes the motorboat back to the ship.
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'''Minako Akiyoshi''' has backed captain Kaido into a corner and threatens him with a spear gun. She forces him to the bow of the ship and reveals herself to be the daughter of '''Takeo Okita''', captain of the Yashiro 1 who was killed by Kaido. Minako announces she will now take revenge for her father.
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| victim              = Wataru Kaido
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| age                = 56 years old
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| cause-death        = Shooting
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| suspects            = Minako Akiyoshi
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| suspects-label      = Culprit
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| description        = Minako threatens Kaido with a spear gun to take revenge for her father's murder 15 years ago.
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A month earlier, Kusaka visited Akiyoshi, seemingly to interview her about the new luxury liner. Kusaka seemed to be more interested in the Yashiro family than the ship, so Minako became suspicious and secretly looked at the notes on Kusaka's computer. She realised Kusaka was investigating the Yashiromaru disaster and had discovered something shocking about the ship that seemingly crashed into an iceberg. The ship had been designed by Hideto Yashiro and Minako, who had worked with him on the St. Aphrodite, decided to investigate further and invited Hideto for a drink. As Hideto got drunk, he confessed, that the incident was part of an attempt to commit insurance fraud. Hideto designed the ship so it would deliberately sink and obscure the fact Kaido killed Minako's father and was responsible for the death of Kusaka's father who drowned in the shipwreck. Minako decided to take revenge on everyone responsible for her father's death and to use Kusaka as a cheap scapegoat.
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As she prepares to kill Kaido, Kogoro appears and stops her, announcing he has disabled the gun. Angry, she kicks it away. Kogoro tells her - correctly - that she really was the murderer and explains how he came to his conclusion. Conan, on his way to the boat, listens in through the cufflink speakers Kogoro doesn't know he's wearing.
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* Minako knew Kusaka was planning to murder the Yashiro family and Kaido, so she used his plan for her own advantage. Kusaka's plan carried a risk that he could be caught before finishing everyone off, so Minako decided to get rid of Hideto Yashiro first of all.
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* The police correctly deduced that she planted a soda can filled with firecrackers and a stun grenade in Hideto's car, scaring him into a heart attack, leading him to crash off the cliff and dying as the grenade went off. She planted the grenade to obscure the facts of the case.
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* She pretended to go along with Kusaka's fake phone call alibi, left the phone receiver on her bed, went to Takae's room and drugged her. After hiding the unconscious Takae in her bathroom, Minako disguised herself as Takae and waited for Kusaka. She pretended to fight him and had him stab her, wearing a pouch of fake blood to fool him into thinking he had committed the murder. Kusaka had no time to look twice because he had called Entaro to the marina, so Minako's trick worked. After he had left, Minako wiped the fake blood off the floor, dragged Takae out of the bathroom and stabbed her exactly in the same spot Kusaka had attacked Minako, killing her.
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* On her way to the Marina, Minako, wearing a jacket with a hood, ran into Kogoro. In the narrow corridor, she instinctively turned her chest away from him as she passed, which, in hindsight, made Kogoro realise the culprit could be a woman. At the marina, Minako saw Entaro choking Kusaka, attacked Entaro from behind, stabbed him with her knife and disappeared. Kusaka thought he had killed Entaro himself and never noticed Minako.
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* Minako had always planned to kill Kaido last once the ship had begun to sink, meaning for him to face the same end as her father did.
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* Kusaka was a cheap scapegoat for Minako and she used him not just because of his own murder plans but also because he had included a captain in his script who reminded Minako of her father, mocking his fictional captain for being "old-fashioned" and dying with the ship as it sank.
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Minako concedes, telling Kogoro she will turn herself in, but launches herself at him. Kogoro defends himself, saying he will never hit a woman and she starts punching him. Conan arrives and, surprised, Kogoro catches Minako unawares in a judo throw, arresting her. Minako ruefully smiles and says she was unlucky that such a great detective was on the same ship as her, asking if Kogoro suspected her from the beginning.
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Kogoro answers he actually kept searching for proof Minako was innocent because she reminded him so much of the woman he loved - his wife [[Eri Kisaki|Eri]].
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Captain Kaido handcuffs Akiyoshi and takes her to the police on the motorboat.
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Conan and Kogoro frantically search for Ran, finding her just in time and take her to the front end of the ship which is about to sink. A rescue helicopter arrives and a man lowers himself down, tying Conan, Kogoro and Ran to him and hauls all four of them back up to the helicopter. Conan nearly falls off but is saved by grabbing Ran's present from the Detective Boys.</spoiler>
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== Trivia ==
 
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Conan feels like if he doesn't go back to the ship he will loose something dear to him. He gets on a boat and drives it towards the boat. Another Scene is shown with Akiyoshi Minako where she is holding a harpoon gun at the Captain. Since everyone has evacuated she takes him to the bow of the ship where she is prepared to shoot him as he killed her father who was also a captain years ago. Soon Mouri Kogoro is seen behind Akiyoshi Minako who is ready to shoot the captain. Mouri then tells her his deduction (which was correct) and Conan on his way to the boat picks it up from the Cuff-Link speakers that Kogoro took from him. He tells her he kept searching for something to prove your innocence because you looked so much like the person he loved ([[Eri Kisaki|Eri]], Kogoro's ex-wife). He also tells her that he had disabled it earlier making the harpoon useless. She attacks him but he tells her he will not hit a lady and soon Mouri takes a few hits from her. Conan soon gets there and surprised that Conan is there Mouri flips her over knocking her out. The Captain takes Minako and they get off on a boat. They soon find Ran and run to the front of the ship where a helicopter is flying above. The ship is about to sink and a man from the helicopter straps everyone with him and they go up. Conan slips off and is saved by just grabbing on to the bracelet the kids made Ran.
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* Akiyoshi's given name "Minako" (美波子) means "child of beautiful wave". Her name is a reference to Goddess Aphrodite or Venus (which is also the name of the ship that she designed) who is born from the ocean in some of the myths. We already understand that she is Okita's daughter from her photo as an high school student in the captain's cabin.
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| style="vertical-align: top" | [[File:M9-Akiyoshi.jpg|thumb|left|x200px|Second scene]]
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* The girl in the live action ending theme is [[wikipedia:ja:鈴木理子 (ホリプロ)|Riko Suzuki]].
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* The Nichiuri Times article used by Mitsuhiko to play hide-and-seek really exists: [http://www.japantimes.co.jp/sports/2005/02/02/baseball/1995-a-tumultuous-year-for-japan-a-great-one-for-baseball/#.V5Jihpbr3IU "1995: A tumultuous year for Japan, a great one baseball, Baseball Bullet-In", by Wayne Graczyk].
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* Hideto Yashiro's vehicle that fell from a cliff is a British green Jaguar XJ [X350] with a 7-25 license plate. Another car in his house is a 2001 Mercedes-Benz C-Klasse [W203], with an 8-51 license plate.
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* The [[Wikipedia: Japan Coast Guard|Japan Coast Guard]] used an [[Wikipedia: Eurocopter AS332 Super Puma|Eurocopter AS332 Super Puma]] and [[Wikipedia: Hida-class patrol vessel|Hida-class patrol ships]].
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== Gallery ==
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== In other languages ==
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{{EpLangItem|flag=Catalonia|Catalan|Estratègia sobre les profunditats|Strategy above the Depths}}
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{{EpLangItem|flag=China|Chinese (Simplified)|水平线上的阴谋|The Conspiracy above the Ocean}}
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{{EpLangItem|flag=France|French|Stratégie en profondeur|In-Depth Strategy}}
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{{EpLangItem|flag=Germany|German|Das Komplott über dem Ozean|The Conspiracy above the Ocean}}
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{{EpLangItem|flag=Italy|Italian|La strategia degli abissi|The Strategy above the Depths}}
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{{EpLangItem|flag=Thailand|Thai|ยุทธการเหนือห้วงทะเลลึก|Operation above the Depths}}
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{{EpLangItem|flag=Vietnam|Vietnamese|Âm mưu trên biển|Conspiracy above the Ocean}}
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* [[Movies]]
  
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Latest revision as of 13:17, 7 February 2024

Chronology
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Movie 9

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Official trailer
Information
Title: Strategy Above the Depths
Japanese Title: 名探偵コナン 水平線上の陰謀(ストラテジー)
(Meitantei Konan: Suiheisenjō no Sutoratejii)
Original airdate: April 9, 2005
Broadcast rating when aired on television: 13.1% (aired on April 3, 2006)[1]
Case
Cast: Conan Edogawa
Ran Mouri
Kogoro Mouri
Ai Haibara
Detective Boys
Sonoko Suzuki
Hiroshi Agasa
Juzo Megure
Wataru Takagi
Miwako Sato
Ninzaburo Shiratori
Kazunobu Chiba
Officer Tome
Female forensics member
Shinichi Kudo
Eri Kisaki
Case solved by: Professor Agasa (via Conan)
Kogoro Mouri
Staff
Director: Yasuichiro Yamamoto
Screenplay: Kazunari Kouchi
Storyboard: Yasuichiro Yamamoto
Masaharu Okuwaki (co-op)
Hajime Kamegaki (co-op)
Toshiki Hirano (co-op)
Technical Director: Yasuichiro Yamamoto
Animation director: Masatomo Sudo (chief)
Junko Yamanaka
Seiji Muta (asst.)
Yoshiharu Shimizu (asst.)
Chiharu Sato (asst.)
Akio Kawamura (asst.)
Masahiko Itojima (asst.)
Character Design: Masatomo Sudo
Mechanical Design: Yasuhiro Moriki
Layout checker: Seiji Muta, Yoshiharu Shimizu, Chiharu Sato, Akio Kawamura, Masahiko Itojima
Design Works: Junko Yamanaka
Music
Theme song: Natsu o Matsu Sail no Yō ni
Soundtrack: Detective Conan "Strategy Above the Depths" Original Soundtrack
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Strategy Above the Depths is the 9th movie in the Detective Conan franchise. It was released in Japan on April 9, 2005.

Gadgets introduced

Cast

Gadgets

Case

Situation

Fifteen years ago, a ship named "St. Yashiro Number 1" sank during an accident when a bomb exploded on deck after avoiding an iceberg. Shortly before that, the captain, Takeo Okita, was knocked out with a drug in his coffee. His first officer, Wataru Kaido, was suspected of the crime, but never convicted as the evidence sank.

Murder (Past)

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Location: Number 1 St. Yashiro
Victim: Takeo Okita
Time: 15 years ago
Cause of death: Ship explodes and sinks
Suspects: Wataru Kaido
Murder (Past)

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Location: Number 1 St. Yashiro
Victim: Man
Time: 15 years ago
Cause of death: Ship explodes and sinks
Suspects: Wataru Kaido

Everyone escaped in time, except for a sailor, who discovered Okita's drugged and drowned with the sinking ship.

Half a month before the story begins, Hideto Yashiro, an architect working for the Yashiro group, suffers a fatal heart attack while driving and crashes off a cliff with his car.

Accident? (Past)

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Location: Bottom of the cliff
Victim: Hideto Yashiro
Age: 49 years old
Cause of death: Heart attack
While he was driving, he had a heart attack and fell off the cliff.

Conan and friends are invited by Sonoko to join her in a cruise from Tokyo to Izu on the luxury liner "St. Aphrodite", belonging to the Yashiro Group. Shortly before the ship leaves, Hideto Yashiro's body is found and the police determine he died from a heart attack.

Ran has won a prestigious karate tournament and the Detective Boys decide to congratulate her by making a medal out of seashells for her.

Professor Agasa shows Conan his newest invention before dinner: Cuff Link Speakers. Kogoro believes them to be ordinary cufflinks, grabs them out of Conan's hands and declares he should wear them with his suit because cufflinks only belong to "elegant" men like Kogoro.

Dinner takes a long time to arrive and Conan cleans his glasses when Hironari Kusaka, a scriptwriter, accidentally bumps into him. Kusaka recognises Kogoro and greets him excitedly. He also introduces Kogoro to Minako Akiyoshi, the lead designer working on the ship. Akiyoshi talks about the ship and tells everyone that Hideto Yashiro, who was found dead a few days earlier, was married to the current company president, Takae Yashiro.

The next day, the Detective Boys, Ran, and Sonoko decide to play hide and seek on the cruise ship. The kids sneak Ran's medal into her jacket, wanting to surprise her. Sonoko and Haibara are picked as chasers. While "hiding", Conan finds a volley ball on deck and plays with it, kicking it against the nearest wall and dribbling. Ai finds him easily.

Eventually, everyone is found except for Ran. Conan reminisces that Ran was always very good at hide and seek.

At the same time, Kusaka calls Akiyoshi, telling her he has finished his newest script and that he will now read it to her, instructing Akiyoshi to only comment when he is finished. He puts a tape recorder near the phone receiver, presses play, puts on a jacket and sneaks out of the room into CEO Yashiro's room, where he stabs her with a knife.

Murder

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Location: Aphrodite Cruise Ship - Yashiro's room
Victim: Takae Yashiro
Age: 51 years old
Cause of death: Stab wound in abdomen
Suspects: Hironari Kusaka
Takae is stabbed in the abdomen while she was drying her hair.

Entaro Yashiro, Takae's father, received a threatening note earlier that same morning, saying "I know what you did 15 years ago, meet me in the basement marina at 10:15."

Sonoko looks for Ran in the ship's basement when someone suddenly knocks her unconscious.

Attempted Murder

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Location: Aphrodite Cruise Ship - Marina
Victim: Sonoko Suzuki
Attack types: Freezing
Suspects: Entaro Yashiro
Sonoko was attacked, then put in the mortuary room.

At 10:15, Kusaka reveals himself to Entaro Yashiro in the marina and attacks him. Entaro fights back and seemingly overpowers Kusaka.

Murder

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Location: Aphrodite Cruise Ship - Marina
Victim: Entaro Yashiro
Age: 78 years old
Cause of death: Stab wound
Suspects: Hironari Kusaka
Entaro fights with Kusaka, who tried to kill him, and seemingly overpowers Kusaka, before being thrown out in the ocean with his chest stabbed.

Kusaka knocks Entaro out and opens the basement door, wanting to throw his body into the ocean. Entaro comes to and tries to choke Kusaka, who defends himself by stabbing Entaro fatally into the chest and throwing him out of the ship.

Sonoko wakes up in a box and feels icy cold. With a Detective Boys badge one of the children gave her before their game began, she contacts the others and cries for help. Conan tries to locate her using his glasses, but the sensors don't work after his glasses were knocked off by Kusaka the previous evening. They find Sonoko just in time and help her to the ship's doctor.

Inspector Megure, CSI Officer Tome and his assistant, Takagi, and Shiratori land on the cruise ship with a helicopter, having been alerted of Takae's murder and Entaro's disappearance. Kusaka quickly becomes their main suspect as his father died when the St. Yashiro 1 sank fifteen years earlier, but the police discover he has an alibi, having been on the phone with Akiyoshi when the murder occured. Conan investigates Kusaka's room and discovers a tape recorder, but the tape it contains is blank.

The police theorise that Hideto Yashiro's death was linked with the two cases on the ship.

Later that day, the passengers are invited to a gala evening. News of the murder investigation makes the rounds and the guests start to panic. Kogoro calms everyone by announcing he has solved the case, accusing Minako Akiyoshi of killing Takae and possibly also Entaro Yashiro.

Conan, who thinks Kogoro is wrong, asks Agasa's help. He mimics Agasa's voice with his bowtie while Agasa lip-syncs.

Conan/Agasa announce Kusaka is the actual murderer and that he has dried blood on his hair which belonged to Takae Yashiro.

Cruise ship bombing

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Location: St Yashiro
Culprit: Hironari Kusaka

Kusaka shouts that he has planted bombs on the ship, wanting to take revenge for his father, and escapes on a motorboat. Conan chases after him with the other boat and notices the Detective Boys have snuck onto the boat as well. Conan stuns Kusaka and, at the same time, a bomb detonates on the ship. The ship is evacuated. Ran stays behind trying to retrieve the medal the Detective Boys made for her which she dropped in her hiding spot. She slips, hits her head on the wall and falls unconscious.

Looking back at the case, Conan realizes Kusaka's alibi was too simple and figures out who the actual murderer was.

People

  • Resolution

    Trivia

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    In other languages

    Language Title Translation
    Flag of Catalonia Catalan Estratègia sobre les profunditats Strategy above the Depths
    Flag of China Chinese (Simplified) 水平线上的阴谋 The Conspiracy above the Ocean
    Flag of France French Stratégie en profondeur In-Depth Strategy
    Flag of Germany German Das Komplott über dem Ozean The Conspiracy above the Ocean
    Flag of Italy Italian La strategia degli abissi The Strategy above the Depths
    Flag of Thailand Thai ยุทธการเหนือห้วงทะเลลึก Operation above the Depths
    Flag of Vietnam Vietnamese Âm mưu trên biển Conspiracy above the Ocean

    References

    See also

    Detective Conan Movies
    Movies Movie 01: The Time-Bombed SkyscraperMovie 02: The Fourteenth TargetMovie 03: The Last Wizard of the CenturyMovie 04: Captured in Her EyesMovie 05: Countdown to HeavenMovie 06: The Phantom of Baker StreetMovie 07: Crossroad in the Ancient CapitalMovie 08: Magician of the Silver SkyMovie 09: Strategy Above the DepthsMovie 10: The Private Eyes' RequiemMovie 11: Jolly Roger in the Deep AzureMovie 12: Full Score of FearMovie 13: The Raven ChaserMovie 14: The Lost Ship in the SkyMovie 15: Quarter of SilenceMovie 16: The Eleventh StrikerMovie 17: Private Eye in the Distant SeaLupin III vs. Detective Conan: The Movie (crossover) • Movie 18: Dimensional SniperMovie 19: Sunflowers of InfernoMovie 20: The Darkest NightmareMovie 21: The Crimson Love LetterMovie 22: Zero the EnforcerMovie 23: The Fist of Blue SapphireThe Scarlet Alibi (compilation) • Movie 24: The Scarlet BulletMovie 25: The Bride of HalloweenThe Story of Ai Haibara ~Black Iron Mystery Train~ (compilation) • Movie 26: Black Iron SubmarineDetective Conan vs. Kid the Phantom Thief (compilation) • Movie 27: The Million-dollar PentagramMovie 28
    Related cases 16 Suspects!? (movie 4) • Conan, Heiji, and the Vanished Boy (movie 7) • Time Travel of the Silver Sky (movie 8) • Follow the Vanished Diamond! Conan & Heiji vs. Kid! (movie 10) • A Challenge from Agasa! Agasa vs. Conan and the Detective Boys (movie 11) • Magic File 2: Shinichi Kudo, The Case of the Mysterious Wall and the Black Lab (movie 12) • Lupin III vs. Detective Conan (crossover) • Magic File 3: Shinichi and Ran, Memories of Mahjong Tiles and Tanabata (movie 13) • Magic File 4: The Osaka Okonomiyaki Odyssey (movie 14) • Magic File 5: Niigata~Tokyo Souvenir Capriccio (movie 15) • Bonus File 1: Flower of Fantasista (movie 16) • The Missing Sweets in the Old Shop (movie 17) • The Coded Invitation (movie 18) • Promise with a J-Leaguer (movie 16) • Munch's Missing Scream (movie 19) • The Shadow Approaching Amuro (movie 20) • The Mystery of the Vanished Black Belt (movie 21) • The Melting Cake! (movie 22) • The J League Bodyguard (movie 16) • Intrigue at the Food Court (movie 23) • The Beika City Shopping Center Garbage Bin Mystery (movie 24) • The Flying Jack-o'-lantern (movie 25) • The Cameras Targeting Haibara (movie 26) • Behind the Scenes of the J League Finals (movie 16) • Mystery of the Lost Treasure (movie 27)