Strategy Above the Depths

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Movie 9
Official trailer
Information
Title:	Strategy Above the Depths
Japanese Title:	名探偵コナン 水平線上の陰謀 (Meitantei Konan: Suiheisenjō no Sutoratejii)
Original airdate:	April 9, 2005
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 Forensic 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 (asst.) Hajime Kamegaki (asst.) Toshiki Hirano (asst.)
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.)
Voice Cast: Minami Takayama as Conan Edogawa Kappei Yamaguchi as Shinichi Kudo Wakana Yamazaki as Ran Mouri Akira Kamiya as Kogoro Mouri Naoko Matsui as Sonoko Suzuki Kenichi Ogata as Hiroshi Agasa Megumi Hayashibara as Ai Haibara Yukiko Iwai as Ayumi Yoshida Ikue Ohtani as Mitsuhiko Tsuburaya Wataru Takagi as Genta Kojima, Wataru Takagi Chafurin as Juzo Megure Kazuhiko Inoue as Ninzaburo Shiratori Atsuko Yuya as Miwako Sato Isshin Chiba as Kazunobu Chiba Kinryuu Arimoto as Kensuke Niima Koji Yusa as Katsuhiko Shiomi Kouichi Yamadera as Hironari Kusaka Kouji Nakata as Wataru Kaido Masaaki Okabe as Entaro Yashiro Shinichirou Ohta as Naoya Misaki Toru Ohkawa as Yousuke Izawa Yoshiko Sakakibara as Minako Akiyoshi Yoshino Ohtori as Takae Yashiro
Music
Theme song:	Natsu o Matsu Sail no Yō ni
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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

Cuff Link Speakers
	Works similarly to the Microphone and Button Speaker combined

Cast

Characters
Conan Edogawa Ran Mouri Kogoro Mouri Shinichi Kudo (flashback) Ai Haibara Ayumi Yoshida Mitsuhiko Tsuburaya Genta Kojima Sonoko Suzuki Hiroshi Agasa Juzo Megure Wataru Takagi Miwako Sato Ninzaburo Shiratori Kazunobu Chiba Officer Tome Female Forensic Member Eri Kisaki (background)

Gadgets

Gadgets
Voice-Changing Bowtie Power-Enhancing Kick Shoes Stun-Gun Wristwatch Criminal Tracking Glasses Detective Boys Badge Anywhere Ball Dispensing Belt Wristwatch Flashlight

Case

Situation

On the sea of 15 years ago, the ship got sunk down by hitting the iceburg. During this accident, a murder was committed.

Murder (Past)
	Location: Number 1 St. Yashiro Victim: Takeo Okita Cause of death: Poison Suspects: Wataru Kaido

All the sailors escaped, except the seaman who found captain's body..

A half month ago, Yashiro got into a car accident.

Accident? (Past)
	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.

In the present, Conan and the gang are taking a long needed vacation aboard a luxury liner called St. 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, Professor Agasa shows Conan a new invention he made which were Cuff Link Speakers. Kogoro 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 scriptwriter named Hironari Kusaka, who notices Kogoro Mouri and begins to talk to him. He also introduces to Kogoro to Minako Akiyoshi (the lead designer of the design team for the ship). Hideto Yashiro was Takae's husband.

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's pocket, Sonoko and 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 Haibara find the rest of the kids could not find Ran.

Meanwhile, Kusaka is on the phone with Akiyoshi. 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.

Murder
	Location: Aphrodite Cruise Ship - Yashiro's room Victim: Takae Yashiro Age: 51 years old Cause of death: Stab wound Suspects: Hironari Kusaka

Earlier, CEO's father (Entaro Yashiro) gets a note saying, "I know the secret of 15 years ago. At 10:15 AM, come to the basement marina."

While Sonoko is in the basement looking for Ran, she is attack by an unknown assailant.

Attempted Murder
	Location: Aphrodite Cruise Ship - Marina Victim: Sonoko Suzuki Suspects: Entaro Yashiro Sonoko was attack then put in the mortuary room!

Later at the same basement marina, Kusaka attacks Entaro.

Murder
	Location: Aphrodite Cruise Ship - Marina Victim: Entaro Yashiro Age: 78 years old Cause of death: Stab wound Suspects: Hironari Kusaka

Kusaka knocks him out thinking he killed him and opens the basement door leading to the ocean. Right when Kusaka is about to throw him out, he comes too and they struggle. It is showed after that Entaro gets kicked out into the ocean.

Meanwhile, Sonoko comes too and realizes she is in a box and is very cold. Using a Detective Boys Badge she was given by one of the kids she cries for help. Conan trys to locate her using his glasses but it seems it was broken from when Kusaka bumped into him. They find her after in the mortuary and get her to the medics.

Inspector Megure, CSI Officer Tome, Takagi, and Shiratori get on a helicopter and land on the cruise ship to investigate the murder of the CEO and the disappearance of Entaro. They question Kusaka (the main suspect) but it seems he has an alibi as he was on the phone with Akiyoshi. Soon after Conan goes into Kusaka'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 murderer hasn't been caught. Kogoro soon tells everyone that the murderer is Minako Akiyoshi. Knowing Kogoro is wrong, Conan uses the Voice-Changing Bowtie to use Agasa's voice while Agasa mimics with his lips. Conan says that Kusaka is the murderer and the proof is the blood on his hair.

Bombing
290px	Location: St Yashiro Culprit: Hironari Kusaka

Kusaka 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 Kusaka asleep. A bomb goes off in the ship so everyone evacuates from the ship. Ran stays behind trying to retrieve the bracelet the kids made her which she left in her hiding spot. As she is in the hiding spot she hits her head and gets knocked out. Conan notices that Kusaka's alibi is too simple and realizes who the real killer is.

People

Wataru Kaido
	56 years old St. Aphrodite captain

Takeo Okita
100px	Deceased (poison) Number 1 St. Yashiro captain

Kusaka's father
	Kusaka's father Deceased (burned) St. Yashiro Chief Petty Officer

Hideto Yashiro
	Deceased (heart attack) 49 years old Yashiro Cruiser designer

Hironari Kusaka
	26 years old Scriptwriter

Minako Akiyoshi
	32 years old Yashiro Cruiser designer

Entaro Yashiro
	Victim (stabbed) 78 years old Yashiro Group president

Takae Yashiro
	Victim (stabbed) 51 years old Yashiro Cruiser chief executive Entaro's daughter

Natsuho Tsujimoto
	25 years old Purser, Yashiro family's assistant

Naoya Misaki
	36 years old Chief purser, St. Aphrodite security officer

Yousuke Izawa
	39 years old St. Aphrodite staff

Hitoshi Mizukubo
	52 years old St. Aphrodite doctor

Katsuhiko Shiomi
	St. Aphrodite chef

Man
	Rich client Passenger

Woman
	Man's wife

Norizama
	St. Aphrodite guide

Kensuke Niimi
	Former First Minister Entaro's friend

Mrs. Niimi
	Niimi's wife Takae's friend

Shimai Uruashi
	Famous actress Kogoro is a fan of her

Shigeru Isozaki
	St. Aphrodite dining room waiter Maître de Restaurant

Ms. Uruashi
	Famous Actress Shimai's sister

Coast Guard Officer
	Japan Coast Guard officer Victim (hit-injured)

Coast Guard Officer 2
	Japan Coast Guard officer Helicopter pilot

Resolution

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Conan feels like if he doesn't go back to the ship, he will lose something dear to him. He gets on a boat and drives it towards the boat.

Another scene is shown with Minako Akiyoshi 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, Takeo Okita who was also a captain years ago.

Attempted Murder
	Victim: Wataru Kaido Age: 56 years old Attack Types: Shooting Culprit: Minako Akiyoshi She plans to kill him but Kogoro made the gun unfireable.

However, Kogoro is seen behind Akiyoshi who is ready to shoot the captain. Kogoro told her that he made that gun unfireable which make her throw it away. He correctly deduced the case and tells her that deduction, which Conan, who is on his way to the boat, picks it up from the cuff-link speakers that Kogoro took from him. Knowing that Kusaka was planning to kill the Yashiro family and the captain, Akiyoshi used him for her own plan. She also decided to use Kusaka as the scapegoat as he mocked her father for being "lost in era" and died with the sunken ship.

Akiyoshi then told him she will turn in but instead attacks him which Kogoro defended. He tells her he will not hit a lady and soon Kogoro takes a few hits from her. Conan soon gets there, and surprised that Conan is there, Kogoro flips her over knocking her out. Akiyoshi then said that she's unlucky that the great detective suspected her from the beginning; Kogoro tells her it's opposite and the real reason is that he kept searching for something to prove her innocence because she looked so much like the person he loved (Eri, Kogoro's wife).

The captain takes Akiyoshi 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 Detective Boys made for Ran.

In other languages

Language	Title	Translation
Catalan	Estratègia sobre les profunditats	Strategy above the Depths
German	Das Komplott über dem Ozean	The Conspiracy Above the Ocean
Italian	La strategia degli abissi	The Strategy Above the Depths
Vietnamese	Âm mưu trên biển	Conspiracy Above the Ocean
Chinese	水平线上的阴谋	Conspiracy Above the Ocean Line

Gallery

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  Strategy Above the Depths

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  "We're not letting you take all the credit." - The Detective Boys to Conan

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  "Revealing the truth is what detectives live for" - Kogoro

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  "I promise I'll find you. So wait for me... Ran!"

Trivia

• 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.
• The girl in the live action ending theme is Riko Suzuki.

See also

• Movies