Cast
Case
Situation
Child prodigy Hiroki Sawada is introduced by a TV program running in the background, while Hiroki himself is working on a computer. The program host explains that by the age of ten, he is already a MIT graduate school student and has developed a DNA Tracker software and is now in the final stage of his second major project, an artificial brain dubbed Noah's Ark. The program host goes on to explain that Hiroki has been under the guardianship of Thomas Schindler, owner of the software giant Schindler, Inc., since his mother died, and that he has been put under a rigorous study program and has had a somewhat deprived childhood. After turning the TV off, Hiroki finishes Noah's Ark, and sends the software through the telephone lines, which causes his computer to show the message "Noah's Ark Sailed Out", simultaneously triggering an alarm in the guardroom. The security guard calls Thomas Schindler and both try to enter Hiroki's room. When they finally break into Hiroki's room, they find that Hiroki is not in the room. Schindler finds Hiroki's shoes on the balcony; He jumped from the top of the building to his death.
Suicide (Past)
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Location:
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Schindler Building, Massachusetts, USA
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Victim:
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Hiroki Sawada
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Age:
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10 years old
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Time:
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Two years ago
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Cause of death:
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Falling
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With too much pressure on him, Hiroki decides to commit suicide since it wasn't the childhood he wanted before jumping from the top of the building.
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The image on his computer screen shows an ark sailing in water and the words "Good-bye Hiroki."
Two years later, at the Beika City Hall, Schindler, Inc. holds a demonstration of a virtual reality game system called Cocoon. Many kids, including the Detective Boys, are invited to the demonstration. However, only the kids with badges are chosen for the demonstration. Professor Agasa and Yusaku Kudo arrive at the City Hall. Agasa gives Conan Edogawa a badge and tells Conan that his mother, Yukiko Kudo, would not be there because of an alumni reunion. The rest of Detective Boys trick a few kids by exchanging badges for the Premium Golden Yaiba Cards. They all use the badges and participate in the demonstration.
In another room, Schindler kills Kashimura, one of his top employees, and Kashimura types in a dying message: the letters J, T and R.
Murder
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Location:
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Beika City Hall - Basement
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Victim:
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Tadaaki Kashimura
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Age:
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39 years old
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Cause of death:
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Stab wound
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Culprit:
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Thomas Schindler
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Kashimura presses the "J","T" & "R" keyboard keys with a bloody finger, leaving a dying message.
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Conan discovers the murder and decides to participate in the demonstration, hoping that the game would lead him to an answer. Yusaku, having worked with Kashimaru on the game, recognizes that J-T-R stands for "Jack The Ripper".
Murders (Past)
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Location:
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Whitechapel district, London
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Victims:
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Emma Elizabeth Smith (Incertae), Martha Tabram, Mary Ann Nichols, Annie Chapman, Elizabeth Stride, Catherine Eddowes, Mary Jane Kelly, Rose Mylett (Incertae), Alice McKenzie, Unidentified Woman (Incertae) and Frances Coles
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Age:
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45 years old, 39 years old, 43 years old, 47 years old, 44 years old, 46 years old, 25 years old, 29 years old, 40 years old, 30-40 years old and 25 years old
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Cause of death:
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Stab wounds, Slash wounds, and throat slits
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Culprit:
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Jack the Ripper
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Jack the Ripper was a well known serial killer in London who killed at least 7 people in Whitechapel district. He was never identified.
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When the demonstration begins, Hiroki's artificial intelligence system, Noah's Ark takes control of the game system Cocoon. When two of the parents try to get the children out, the parents get shocked by a sudden burst of electricity. Noah's Ark then warns the audience that if all fifty kids in the demonstration lose the game, it will kill the kids with a large electromagnetic burst.
Hostage taking
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Location:
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Beika City Hall
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Victims:
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The fifty kids participating in the Cocoon demonstration
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Age:
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5-17 years old
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Weapon:
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Locking into the Cocoons
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Culprit:
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Noah's Ark Artificial Intelligence
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The children are locked into the Cocoons and the adults are threatened so that they cannot open them. The children must play the virtual reality games which have been modified so they are more difficult. Noah's Ark will kill all fifty kids with an electromagnetic burst if all of them fail, but as long as one child wins, then they may all go free.
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The kids in the demonstration are given a choice of five stages in the game, and Conan and the Detective Boys choose the final stage, a re-creation of an 1800 London mystery. In the beginning of the game, Conan discovers that Agasa's inventions don't work. After receiving a hint from Prof.Agasa they decide to go to Sherlock Holmes for help. As they near 221B Baker Street they meet a strange accordion playing vagrant who sings a strange song, but they shrug it off. Conan and his friends arrive at 221b Baker Street, only to find that Holmes and Watson are at Dartmoor. Mistaken for the Baker Street Irregulars by Mrs Hudson, they are invited inside. Ran finds Sherlock's investigation notes on Jack the Ripper, which implies that Jack is highly likely to have a connection to Professor Moriarty. Since finding the Professor is next to impossible, the kids decide to talk to his right hand man Colonel Moran at his favorite hang-out to find out the Professor's location. After causing a brawl and losing Mitsuhiko, Ayumi and Genta, Conan forces the Colonel into a standoff by holding Moriarty's wine hostage. It is at this moment an elderly gentleman comes and announces that Professor Moriarty requests an audience with the group. After being led to another gentleman in a carriage, Conan calls out Moriarty for testing them; Moriarty was the gentleman who led them there. After explaining their situation, Moriarty reveals that he found and trained Jack the Ripper when Jack was a street urchin. The professor promises the children an opportunity to bring Jack down by posting a message in the next day's newspaper to kill someone, but refuses to name the victim-to-be, telling them they'd find out by reading the paper. The next day after reading the paper they realize the next victim is to be Irene Adler, the only woman Holmes ever loved.
Attempted Murder (Virtual Reality)
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Location:
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Royal Opera House, London
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Victim:
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Irene Adler character
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Cause of death:
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Falling debris
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Culprit:
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Jack the Ripper
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The stage Irene was on collapsed but Shinya and Akira saved her.
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People
Game characters
Resolution
The identity of Jack the Ripper revealed by Conan.
It is revealed by Yusaku that while he and Tadaaki Kashimura were both college friends and partners in developing the game, he was also employed by Kashimura as a detective to investigate the motive behind Hiroki Sawada's suicide. Yusaku also reveals Kashimura was Hiroki's real father. In the real world, Yusaku continues to reveal the truth behind the case. Yusaku reveals that the murderer is the company's president, Thomas Schindler. Schindler is revealed to also be responsible for Hiroki's suicide. Hiroki discovered the DNA of Jack's second victim on a dagger purported to have belonged to Jack himself through his DNA searching program. Schindler realized that it was only a matter of time before Hiroki would consequently discover that Jack's blood now runs through Schindler himself. Schindler then proceeded to isolate and pressure Hiroki further, ultimately leading to Hiroki's suicide. Kashimura was killed because Noah's Ark gave that same data to Kashimura. Schindler is immediately arrested.
While protecting Irene Adler two more children are lost. Ai also loses while protecting Conan, leaving only three: Conan, Ran and another child, Hideki Moroboshi. They follow Jack the Ripper to a runaway train, where he dons a disguise and merges with the passengers. Conan correctly deduces which one of the passengers Jack is disguised through the use of Sherlock's notes. After being revealed. Jack throws a smoke bomb while Ran charges him. When the smoke clears Conan and Moroboshi find that everyone is gone. Traveling to the engine room they find that there is no driver and that the train is speeding out of control, with the brakes destroyed. Conan discovers Jack and Ran on the top of the train. There, Jack the Ripper reveals that he has tied himself to Ran and threatens Conan. Ran decides to save Conan and sacrifices herself by jumping off the train and into a ravine, taking Jack the Ripper with her. As Conan begins to lose hope, the mysterious vagrant, who is actually Sherlock Holmes, appears and gives Conan some useful advice that eventually helps Conan and Hideki survive the game. After winning the game, Conan reveals that Moroboshi is actually the deceased Hiroki Sawada (in the form of the Ark) in disguise. They chat a little and before saying goodbye to Conan, Hiroki reveals to him that he knows the detective's identity as Shinichi Kudo. After that, the Noah's Ark destroys itself. All the children, including Ran and the Detective Boys, are released from the cocoons. Yusaku then congratulates Conan for beating the game.
In other languages
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Title |
Translation
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Catalan |
El fantasma de Baker Street |
The Phantom of Baker Street
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Galician |
A pantasma de Baker Street |
The Phantom of Baker Street
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German |
Das Phantom der Baker Street |
The Phantom of Baker Street
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Italian |
Il fantasma di Baker Street |
The Phantom of Baker Street
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Vietnamese |
Bóng ma đường Baker |
The Phantom of Baker Street
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Chinese |
贝克街的亡灵 |
The Phantom of Baker Street
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Tradional Chinese |
貝克街的亡靈 |
The Phantom of Baker Street
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French |
Le Fantôme de Baker Street |
The Phantom of Baker Street
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Thai |
ปริศนาบนถนนสายมรณะ |
The Phantom of Baker Street
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Gallery
Trivia
- This is the last Detective Conan movie to use hand-colored cells (traditional animation).
- Currently, this is the final movie to be dubbed in english by Funimation Entertainment. No new movies have been announced thus far.
- This movie is notable for having a screenplay written by a famous Japanese screenwriter and mystery novelist Hisashi Nozawa. Kazunari Kochi had written all the ones before and most of the ones afterwards.
- Since Haibara is disgusted by Japan's evil hereditary government system, she indirectly criticizes Renya Karasuma, who is modeled after Moriarty. In the game, the fourth stage is about King Solomon and Karasuma became a corrupt leader of the country just like him.
- Hiroki Sawada is clearly modeled after Doctor Zell, a former Nazi officer and mad experimental scientist in episode 50-51 of the anime Lupin III: Part II, a source of inspiration for Detective Conan. Indeed, before death, Zell uploaded his mind into a computer and created an artificial intelligence system.
- Thomas Zindler Limousine is Silver Rolls royce Silver dawn.
- Yusaku Kudo and Professor Agasa Limousine is Dark Blue Cadillac Fleetwood Limousine.
- The date in London is declared to be September 30, 1888 which is a Sunday, yet Moriarty says that the following day is to be Sunday.
- Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson are said to be away on business at Dartmoor in reference to The Hound of the Baskervilles case, however this case did not take place until a year later in 1889.
- Noah's Ark may be a reference to HAL 9000 from 2001: A Space Odyssey.
- Until the recent information about the upcoming film, The Fist of Blue Sapphire, this was the only Detective Conan movie where Conan's gadgets are primarily absent.
- This is the first movie to use a virtual reality game.
- In Last Scene Conan is Play PAC-MAN.
See also