Zero the Enforcer is the 22nd movie in the Detective Conan franchise. It was released in Japan on April 13, 2018. A Limited Deluxe Edition BD/DVD was released on October 3, 2018 and included Amuro Secret Call. The pre-story is The Melting Cake!.
Cast
Gadgets
Case
Situation
"Edge of Ocean", a newly-built conference and commercial centre, is being prepared to host an international summit. A day before the guests are due to arrive, a restaurant in of the inter-connected buildings is destroyed by an explosion. Members of the Public Security Bureau, including Rei Furuya and Yuya Kazami, who were in the middle of a security inspection, are injured in the blast and there are several casualties.
Bombing-Murder
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Location:
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Edge of Ocean, Tokyo
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Victim:
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Police officers inside the building (fatal) and outside (non-fatal include Rei Furuya and Yuya Kazami).
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Cause of death:
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Explosion
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Suspects:
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Kogoro Mouri
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As officers were patrolling in preparation of the summit, a bomb exploded inside the Edge of the Ocean in the Japanese traditional restaurant.
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To everyone's shock and dismay, the fingerprints recovered at the explosion site, match Kogoro's, and police discover further "evidence" on his computer. Nobody seems to be willing to represent Kogoro in the upcoming criminal trial, until Ran, Eri, and Conan are contacted by Kyoko Tachibana, a freelance lawyer, who says she will take on Kogoro's case.
Chief prosecutor Sayoko Iwai reviews the evidence and decides she has got enough to bring Kogoro to trial. She instructs Makoto Kusakabe, one of her prosecutors, to bring charges against Kogoro. The police are still investigating, however, and current findings point to a surprising theory - the gas valve and pressurized cooker used to set off the explosion can be connected to the internet (Internet of Things (IoT)) and that they were remotely accessed via a Nor browser being installed on Kogoro's laptop to set the bomb off. The police hold a press conference presenting their findings and just before it begins, citizens of Tokyo experience all sorts of cases of IoT- devices short-circuiting and setting off small fires. Kogoro was still in prision while these malfunctions happen, which proves he couldn't have been the culprit to begin with, the charges are dropped and Kogoro is released from prison.
Cyberterrorism
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Location:
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Tokyo
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Victim:
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Tokyo residents
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Attack type:
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Hacking system
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Suspects:
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Makoto Kusakabe, Sayoko Iwai, and Kyoko Tachibana
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Several IoT devices start malfunctioning causing widespread panic in some districts of Tokyo including Beika.
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Attempted Murder or Accident?
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Location:
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Prosecutor's office
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Victim:
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Sayoko Iwai
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Age:
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40 years old
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Injury:
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Electrocution
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Suspects:
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Makoto Kusakabe and Kyoko Tachibana
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As Sayoko and Makoto discussed Kogoro's case, her hair suddenly caught fire by electrocution. Makoto extinguished the fire and helped her.
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Suicide (Past)
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Location:
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Tokyo Detention House
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Victim:
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Fumikazu Haba
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Time:
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A year ago
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Haba worked at a games company and was caught stealing data by Agent Kazami and the PSA. He was immediately arrested and committed suicide in his cell.
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Conan continues his investigation and finally figures out the true culprit behind the bombings and IoT attacks, on the same day that "Hakuchō" , an unmanned Japanese spacecraft that had been on Mars, is due to land in Tokyo bay.
People
Resolution
The true culprit is prosecutor
Makoto Kusakabe. Fumikazu Haba was his informant and worked with him on an investigation into hackers who targeted Japan's space agency. Haba also fell in love with Tachibana, having met heron an earlier case. During the investigation, Haba discovered the hackers were working for a game company and broke in, trying to find evidence to arrest them. He was framed and arrested. The Public Security Bureau interrogated him, Rei Furuya was the agent in charge of his case, and after Haba had apparently committed suicide, Kusakabe wanted to get revenge for his friend and decided to target the Bureau.
Furuya, who has been listening in to Kusakabe's confession, reveals that Haba's death was faked to get the prosecutor's office to stop using and abusing informants.
Kusakabe apologises tearfully, but says it is too late, he already hacked the capsule launched from Hakuchō to crash into the Tokyo Metropolitan Police building. In an attempt to prevent casualties, he initiates an IoT -a attack to cause a blackout at Police Headquarters and give everyone time to be evacuated to the Edge of Ocean centre. Kusakabe gives Conan the access code and, with Rei, Professor Agasa, Ai and the Detective Boys, Conan just about manages to detonate the bomb near the capsule in time and allow the capsule to safely drop into the sea - only to realise it is now about to hit the Edge of Ocean casino tower. With seconds before impact, Conan deflects the capsule with a football from his belt.
Rei explains to Conan that he had to frame Kogoro to get Conan involved, because Rei couldn't have been involved in the investigation otherwise.
Music
Zero -ZERO- (零 -ZERO- ,Zero -ZERO-?), by Masaharu Fukuyama.
Trivia
- This movie became the second highest grossing Detective Conan movie, just after The Fist of Blue Sapphire.
- In order to know more about where his character works, Rei Furuya's voice actor read the book Secret Police Division J before recording the lines for his character.
- A police poster represents volume 23.
- Kyoko Tachibana has the same surname kanji of Kensuke Tachibana, the lawyer killed in The Bay of Revenge. The movie doesn't show the picture on her former law office's desk, but the painting near the door is about the threes on the left of Tachibana villa, and the one behind her about some threes at the cape where he lived. She is his daughter, because they're also very similar in appearance and personality. Open spoiler box to see images.
Villa's threes (episode 215).
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Cape's threes (episode 215).
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Villa's threes (movie 22).
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Cape's threes (movie 22).
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- In the karaoke bar from file 1013, Naeko sings the movie ending.
- A Honda Odyssey 2015 passed in front of Cafe Poirot. The license plate number was 300 7-75.
- The store where Azusa and Amuro shop is called Cosdoc Wholesale and is designed the same way as Costco Wholesale, an american multinational corporation which operates a chain of warehouse-clubs.
- An Audi TTs 2016 passed in front of Rei's car. The license plate number was 300 43-91.
- The name of the browsing software Nor as well as its logo are taken from Tor browser which protects users' privacy and allows them to access blocked websites.
- NAZU refers to NASA agency in the USA.
- Three police vehicles in Edge of the Ocean are 2008 Toyota Crown Royal Saloon [S204].
- This movie was promoted with two special guest voice actors. Comedian Daikichi Hakata voiced Fumikazu Haba, while actress and singer Aya Ueto played lawyer Kyoko Tachibana.
This is the first time that the special guests voice a pair of lovers.
Gallery
For the full gallery see:
Zero the Enforcer/Gallery
In other languages
Language |
Title |
Translation
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Arabic |
قضية زيرو |
Zero’s Case
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English (American dub) |
Zero the Enforcer |
Zero the Enforcer
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Catalan (Catalan dub) |
El cas Zero |
Zero's case
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Chinese |
零的执行人 |
Zero the Enforcer
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Traditional Chinese |
零的執行人 |
Zero the Enforcer
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French (Subbed) |
L'Exécutant de Zero |
Zero's Executor
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German |
Zero der Vollstrecker |
Zero the executor
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Spanish (Castilian dub) |
El caso Zero |
Zero's case
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Thai |
ปฏิบัติการสายลับเดอะซีโร่ |
Agent Operation: The Zero
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Vietnamese |
Kẻ hành pháp Zero |
Zero the Executor
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Korean |
제로의 집행인 |
Zero's Enforcer
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See also