The Interrogation Room

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Episode 553
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Information

Title:

The Interrogation Room

Japanese title:

ザ・取調室
(Za・Torishirabeshitsu)

Original airdate:

October 31, 2009

Broadcast rating:

8,00%

Season:

18

Manga source:

TV Original

Case

Cast:

Conan Edogawa
Kogoro Mouri
Ran Mouri
Inspector Megure
Wataru Takagi
Eri Kisaki

Case solved by:

Kogoro Mouri (via Conan)

Next Conan's Hint:

Left-handed

Staff

Director:

Koujin Ochi

Screenplay:

Junichi Miyashita

Storyboard:

Shigenori Kageyama

Episode director:

Kouichirou Kuroda

Animation director:

Michitaka Yamamoto
Masashi Hasegawa

Music

Opening song:

"MAGIC"

Closing song:

"Hikari"

First episode to feature Rikiya Koyama as the voice of Kogoro Mouri.

Cast

Characters

Conan Edogawa

Kogoro Mouri

Ran Mouri

Inspector Megure

Wataru Takagi

Eri Kisaki (background)

Gadgets

Gadgets

Voice-Changing Bowtie

Stun-Gun Wristwatch

Button Speaker

Case

Situation

Two men named Fumitaka Togashi and Tsuneo Hakamada are released on parole. The next day Togashi is convicted for the murder of parole officer Takehiko Sakuraba.

Murder

Location: 4th Street in Beika City

Victim: Takehiko Sakuraba

Cause of death: Blunt-force trauma

Suspects: Fumitaka Togashi

Kogoro attempts to persuade Togashi whom has taken an oath of silence to tell him everything about the murder. Conan with Takagi's help investigates the crime scene. He notices that there are two blood puddles, all fingerprint has been cleaned off, and that the murder weapon was found near a shattered mirror. They decide to search convenience store cameras to determine Togashi's alibi and find Hakamda with stains of blood running from the crime scene. Takagi interrogates Sakuraba's neighbor who witnessed the murder; The neighbor reveals that during the blackout, she saw the culprit during a lightning flash who proceeded to through a weapon towards her.

People

Fumitaka Togashi
	32 years old Ex-con

Tsuneo Hakamada
	34 years old Ex-con

Takehiko Sakuraba
	Victim (bludgeoned) 55 years old Parole officer

Norio Kasamatsu
	52 years old Beika Police First Division detective

Kane Yoshizawa
	75 years old Witness

Resolution

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Conan realizing how the murder was done heads back to the interrogation room, tranquilizes Kogoro, and proceeds to solve the case. He explains that Tsuneo Hakamada murdered Sakuraba. Hakamada arrives at the interrogation room to confess to the murder revealing Sakuraba blackmailed his wife into debt causing her suicide along with his son. Conan reveals there is more to the story. He continues explaining that after Togashi failed to persuade Hakamada from murder tells him to flee while he cleans the fingerprint. Conan reveals that Sakuraba regained consciousness and was murdered again by Fumitaka Togashi. As evidence, he reveals that Sakuraba's witness saw a left handed individual throw the weapon at her; Since she only witnessed the reflection, the culprit had to be right handed. Togashi confesses to the murder stating Sakuraba forced his mother into debt prompting her suicide.

Trivia

• This episode used the song "Kirei na Ai Janakutemo" by B'z as the alternate ending for Hikari.

Gallery

Trivia

• This is the first episode where Kogoro was voiced by Rikiya Koyama, who replaced Akira Kamiya.

See also

• Season 18