The Interrogation Room

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Episode 553 (Int. Episode 604)
Information
Title:	The Interrogation Room
Japanese title:	ザ・取調室 (Za・Torishirabeshitsu)
Original airdate:	October 31, 2009
Broadcast rating:	8,00%
Filler case:	#169
Season:	18
Manga source:	TV Original
Case
Cast:	Conan Edogawa Kogoro Mouri Ran Mouri Juzo Megure Wataru Takagi Eri Kisaki Presiding judge B Side judge C Side judge D
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:	Koichiro Kuroda
Animation director:	Michitaka Yamamoto Masashi Hasegawa
Character design:	Masatomo Sudo Junko Yamanaka Kumiko Shishido (design works)
Production cooperation:	Azeta Pictures
Voice Cast: Minami Takayama as Conan Edogawa Wakana Yamazaki as Ran Mouri Rikiya Koyama as Kogoro Mouri Chafurin as Juzo Megure  Wataru Takagi as Wataru Takagi Nana Yamaguchi as Kane Yoshizawa  Kiyomitsu Mizuuchi as Norio Kasamatsu  Eiji Yanagisawa as Police detective Machiko Toyoshima as Announcer Hiroshi Takemura as Fumitaka Togashi Hiroshi Isobe as Tsuneo Hakamada
Music
Opening song:	MAGIC
Closing song:	Hikari
First episode to feature Rikiya Koyama as the voice of Kogoro Mouri.

The Interrogation Room (ザ・取調室 ,Za・Torishirabeshitsu) is the 553rd episode of the Detective Conan anime.

Cast

Characters
Conan Edogawa Kogoro Mouri Ran Mouri Juzo Megure Wataru Takagi Eri Kisaki (background) Presiding judge B (flashback) Side judge C (flashback) Side judge D (flashback)

Gadgets

Gadgets
Voice-Changing Bowtie Stun-Gun Wristwatch Button Speaker

Case

Situation

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

Murder
	Location: 4th Street in Beika City Victim: Takehiko Sakuraba Age: 55 years old 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 throw a weapon towards her.

People

Fumitaka Togashi
	32 years old Musashino Prison former convict

Tsuneo Hakamada
	34 years old Musashino Prison former convict

Takehiko Sakuraba
	Victim (bludgeoned) 55 years old Parole officer

Norio Kasamatsu
	52 years old Tokyo MPD, Beika Station, First Division detective

Kane Yoshizawa
	75 years old Takehiko's neighbor

Woman
	TV news announcer

Mrs. Togashi
	Deceased (illness) Fumitaka's late mother

Police detective
100px	Tokyo MPD, Beika Station, First Division detective

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

• The Interrogation Room 2 is the sequel of this episode.
• This is the first episode where Kogoro Mouri was voiced by Rikiya Koyama, who replaced Akira Kamiya.
• The title of this episode (ザ・取調室) pays homage to the mystery drama broadcast in 1990, titled The Detective (ザ・刑事).
• Norio Kasamatsu's police officer van is a 2008 gray Nissan Serena Highway Star. The license plate number is 新宿 300, ぬ 2-25 (Shinjuju 300, Nu 2-25).

BGM listing

#	Song Title	Romaji	Translation	OST
0:01 - 0:07	ディスティニー アイランド	Disutinii Airando	Destiny Island	Detective Conan "Jolly Roger in the Deep Azure" Original Soundtrack
0:23 - 0:47	????
3:14 - 3:49	????
4:05 - 4:12	ドラム アタック	Doramu Atakku	Drum Attack	Detective Conan "Full Score of Fear" Original Soundtrack
4:20 - 4:29	脅迫 （パート２）	Kyōhaku (Pāto 2)	Threat (Part 2)	Detective Conan Original Soundtrack 2
4:30 - 4:57	グラーヴェ サイド	Gurāve Saido	Grave Side	Detective Conan "Full Score of Fear" Original Soundtrack
5:15 - 7:16	????
7:24 - 7:57	????
9:05 - 9:42	ディスソナンス	Disusonansu	Dissonance	Detective Conan "Full Score of Fear" Original Soundtrack
9:50 - 11:13	????
11:18 - 11:51	何だこの痕跡は？」	Nanda Kono Konseki wa?	What Is This a Trace Of?	Detective Conan Original Soundtrack 4 ~Isoge! Shōnen Tanteidan~
12:18 - 12:56	ラルゴ サスペンス	Rarugo Sasupensu	Largo Suspense	Detective Conan "Full Score of Fear" Original Soundtrack
13:04 - 13:25	????
13:32 - 14:20	出動のテーマ１～予感	Shutsudō no Tēma 1 ~ Yokan	Mission Theme 1 ~ Premonition	Detective Conan "The Last Wizard of the Century" Original Soundtrack
14:26 - 14:50	ラルゴ サスペンス	Rarugo Sasupensu	Largo Suspense	Detective Conan "Full Score of Fear" Original Soundtrack
15:17 - 16:15	カギを探せ！	Kagi o Sagase!	Search for the Key!	Detective Conan Original Soundtrack 4 ~Isoge! Shōnen Tanteidan~
16:28 - 17:03	古城の探索	Kojō no Tansaku	Exploration of the Old Castle	Detective Conan "The Last Wizard of the Century" Original Soundtrack
17:39 - 17:56	ラルゴ サスペンス	Rarugo Sasupensu	Largo Suspense	Detective Conan "Full Score of Fear" Original Soundtrack
17:58 - 19:39	ドライ エレジー	Dorai Erejii	Dry Elegy	Detective Conan "Full Score of Fear" Original Soundtrack
20:19 - 21:23	????
22:41 - 23:42	????
23:45 - 23:48	記憶の色	Kioku no Iro	Colour of Memory	Detective Conan "The Raven Chaser" Original Soundtrack
23:51 - 23:54	????

In other languages

Language	Title	Translation
Catalan (Catalan dub)	La sala d'interrogatoris	The interrogation room
Indonesian (subbed)	Ruang Interogasi	The Interrogation Room
Italian	Colpevole o innocente?	Guilty or innocent?
Thai	ณ ห้องสอบปากคำ	At the interrogation room
Vietnamese	Phòng thẩm vấn	The Interrogation Room

See also

• Season 18
• The Interrogation Room (series)