The Traveling Drama Troupe Murder Case

Episode 126-127 (Int. Episode {{{int-episode}}})
Information
Title:	The Traveling Drama Troupe Murder Case
Japanese title:	旅芝居一座殺人事件
Original airdate:	November 30, 1998 (Part 1) December 7, 1998 (Part 2)
Season:	5
Manga source:	TV Original
Case
Cast:	Conan Edogawa Ran Mouri Kogoro Mouri
Case solved by:	Kogoro Mouri (via Conan)
Next Conan's Hint:	Script (Part 1) Gin and Vodka (Part 2)
Staff
Director:	Kenji Kodama
Screenplay:	Junichi Miyashita
Storyboard:	Michiyo Sakurai
Episode director:	Johei Matsuura (Part 1) Yoshio Suzuki (Part 2)
Animation Director:	Atsushi Aono (Part 1) Kumiko Shishido (Part 2)
Voice Cast: Minami Takayama as Conan Edogawa Wakana Yamazaki as Ran Mouri Akira Kamiya as Kogoro Mouri Chafurin as Inspector Megure Wataru Takagi as Wataru Takagi Yukiko Iwai as Ayumi Yoshida Wataru Takagi as Genta Kojima Ikue Otani as Mitsuhiko Tsuburaya Naoko Matsui as Sonoko Suzuki Sōichirō Hoshi as Tamanosuke Ito Runa Akiyama as Megumi Ito Ken Narita as Ryuichi Muraki Sayaka Ohara as Yuri Shiroi Kazue Ikura as Itoe Ogara Nobuaki Fukuda as Tetsuo Chikaishi Yasuaki Suzuki as Kenzo Tajima Isshin Chiba as Theatre staff Mikiko Enomoto as Women Hitoshi Hirao as Male innkeeper Yoshiko Okamoto as Female innkeeper
Music
Opening song:	TRUTH ~A Great Detective of Love~
Closing song:	Koori no ue ni tatsu you ni
Chronology
Prev episode:	« A Mysterious Sniper Murder Case
Next episode:	The Black Organization: One Billion Yen Robbery Case »
List of episodes

Cast

Characters
Conan Edogawa Ran Mouri Ayumi Yoshida Mitsuhiko Tsuburaya Genta Kojima Kogoro Mouri Inspector Megure Wataru Takagi Sonoko Suzuki

Gadgets

Gadgets
Voice-Changing Bowtie Stun-Gun Wristwatch

Case

Situation

Part 1

Robbery (Past) - Multiple Counts
	Location: Various Victim: Various Suspects: Edo Boy

Ran, Sonoko, and the Detective Boys all get to go backstage of a drama/acrobatics productions before it debues. They witness the script writer being unnecessarily rough with the new young ringmaster, who is the son of the recently deceased old ringmaster. After going through a dress rehersal of the play, the new ringmaster's little sister goes to get the script writer only to find him dead.

Murder
	Location: Tetsuo Chikaishi's room Victim: Tetsuo Chikaishi Cause of death: Blunt trauma to the back of the head Suspects: Tamanosuke Ito, Ryuichi Muraki, Yuri Shiroi, Megumi Ito, Itoe Ogara, and Kenzo Tajima

Robbery
	Location: Tetsuo Chikaishi's room Victim: Tetsuo Chikaishi Suspects: Tamanosuke Ito, Ryuichi Muraki, Yuri Shiroi, Megumi Ito, Itoe Ogara, and Kenzo Tajima The computer disk is stolen.

It seems no one from the troupe could have committed the murder since they were all practicing together, but Conan can't help but notice that the ringmaster is acting suspicious when he doesn't tell everyone that something is missing from the scene.

Part 2

Attempted Murder
	Victim: Tamanosuke Ito Suspects: Ryuichi Muraki, Yuri Shiroi, and Kenzo Tajima

Murder
	Victim: Itoe Ogara Suspects: Ryuichi Muraki, Yuri Shiroi, and Kenzo Tajima

{InfoBox Crime | crime = Attempted Murder | image = EP126-127f_Case.jpg | location = | victim = Tamanosuke Ito | cause-death = | suspects = Ryuichi Muraki, Yuri Shiroi, and Kenzo Tajima | description = }}

People

Tamanosuke Ito
	17 years old Drama troupe leader

Ryuichi Muraki
	26 years old

Yuri Shiroi
	22 years old

Megumi Ito
	7 years old Tamanosuke's little sister

Itoe Ogara
	Victim 28 years old Drama troupe's treasurer

Tetsuo Chikaishi
	Victim 35 years old Drama troupe's scriptwriter

Kenzo Tajima
	45 years old Mentor of Ryuichi Muraki and Yuri Shiroi

Male innkeeper
	Owner of the inn Old friend of Tamanosuke's father

Female innkeeper
	Wife of the inn's owner Old friend of Tamanosuke's father

Edo Boy (Thief)
	Thief

Resolution

  Show spoilers »

See also

• Season 5