A Cursed Mask Coldly Laughs

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Episode 184 (Int. Episode {{{int-episode}}})
Information
Title:	A Cursed Mask Coldly Laughs
Japanese title:	呪いの仮面は冷たく笑う (Noroi no Kamen wa Tsumetaku Warau)
Original airdate:	March 13, 2000 * September 20, 2004 (Rerun) * March 31, 2018 (Remastered Version)
Broadcast rating:	20.1%
Remastered rating:	6.1%
Filler case:	#68
Season:	7
Manga source:	TV Original
Case
Cast:	Conan Edogawa Kogoro Mouri Ran Mouri Juzo Megure Wataru Takagi Officer Tome Detective Kobayashi Honami Shimogasa Minaho Shimogasa Miss Tome
Case solved by:	Kogoro Mouri (via Conan)
Next Conan's Hint:	Necklace Necklace (Rerun)
Staff
Director:	Yasuichiro Yamamoto Kenji Kodama
Screenplay:	Hirohito Ochi
Storyboard:	Hirohito Ochi
Episode director:	Hirohito Ochi
Animation director:	Atsushi Aono Miwa Oshima
Voice Cast: Minami Takayama as Conan Edogawa Wakana Yamazaki as Ran Mouri Akira Kamiya as Kogoro Mouri Chafurin as Juzo Megure Wataru Takagi as Wataru Takagi, Next Conan's Hint Ikuko Tani as Beniko Suo Youko Matsuoka as Kazuyo Inaba Miki Nagasawa as Minaho Shimogasa Kyouko Iijima as Honami Shimogasa Akio Nojima as Masanori Katagiri Kouji Ishii as Mamoru Matsudaira Yuu Asakawa as Haruka Nagara Toshihiko Nakajima as Officer Tome Sadao Nunome as Detective Kobayashi Hikaru Midorikawa as Touya Aikawa
Music
Opening song:	Mysterious Eyes
Closing song:	Secret of my heart
* 1 Hour Special

Characters introduced

Honami Shimogasa
	21 years old Minaho's twin sister

Minaho Shimogasa
	21 years old Honami's twin sister

Miss Tome
	CSI member Tome's daughter

Cast

Characters
Conan Edogawa Kogoro Mouri Ran Mouri Juzo Megure Wataru Takagi Officer Tome Detective Kobayashi

Gadgets

Gadgets
Voice-Changing Bowtie Stun-Gun Wristwatch

Case

Situation

Kogoro, Ran, and Conan are invited to stay at a mansion by Beniko Suo, the hostess of a car accident charity, in North Shinjuku forest. While driving, they find a message from the Phantom of the Cursed Masks, who tells them they should not go the place. Once there, they find other famous celebrities: a baseball player, a prophet, a rockstar, and a photographer who lost his wife in a "Hit and Run" incident. The mansion is huge and divided into east and west sides, with the twin sisters Minaho and Honami Shimogasa taking care of each wings, and the only room connecting the two sides is the mask room. The mask room is locked at midnight each night due to Beniko's collection of Julio González's masks, a collection of 200 masks that are believed to be cursed. They were created by a famous man who lost everything and became engrossed in his masks; once he created 200 of them, he was found dead in his room surrounded with bloody masks. People who have owned his masks have suffered tragic fates. Suo, who now owns all 200 masks, had a priest place a seal on the curse, but the room is locked at midnight to prevent the masks from wandering. During their stay, Suo is murdered in a locked room, with Shobel's masks surrounding her and a dagger in her throat.

Murder

Location: Suou household Victim: Beniko Suou Age: 63 years old Cause of death: Stab wound on the neck Suspects: Masanori Katagiri, Mamoru Matsudaira, Haruka Nagara, Honami Shimogasa, Minaho Shimogasa, Kazuyo Inaba, and Touya Aikawa In the middle of the night, Beniko Suou is stabbed in her bed, despite the fact that the door was locked. The 200 masks scattered around the room like they're laughing. Is this the curse of the masks!?

Since the victim's room is in the west-wing of the mansion, it is originally deduced that the culprit is among the guests who stayed on that side. However, the question still remains: how did the 200 masks got into the locked room?

People

Masanori Katagiri
	45 years old Photographer

Mamoru Matsudaira
	24 years old Pro baseball player

Haruka Nagara
	25 years old Tarot prophet

Honami Shimogasa
	21 years old Minaho's twin sister Suou family maid

Minaho Shimogasa
	21 years old Honami's twin sister Suou family maid

Beniko Suou
	Victim (throat slit) 63 years old Singer Mahogany Promotions president

Kazuyo Inaba
	40 years old Suou's secretary

Touya Aikawa
	26 years old Birthday: October 31 Rock star

Resolution

  Show spoilers »

The culprit is Touya Aikawa. Conan figures out the trick to the locked room murder was stringing the 200 Shobel masks into a weapon that extended 3 meters long with a knife at the very end. This was proven by the uneven distribution of blood on one mask, and the subsequent splatters of blood on other masks, but only around the mouths. Touya confesses and reveals that his mother was blamed for a hit and run incident in which Suou herself had caused, in which Katagiri's wife was killed, and later murdered by Suou, who started her charity for the fame and profit. Mrs. Aikawa's death was believed to be a suicide since then by the public. Knowing that his mother wasn't responsible for the accident as on that day she was celebrating his birthday with him, he decided to take revenge Suou in and pinned the crime on Inaba, who was also involved with Suou's charity fraud.

Rerun

The episode was rerun on September 20, 2004. It was unchanged except for the addition of a new scene at the beginning.

BGM listing

#	Song Title	Romaji	Translation	OST
1	Mysterious Eyes	Mysterious Eyes	Mysterious Eyes	Mysterious Eyes
2	古城の探索	Kojō no Tansaku	Exploration of the Old Castle	Detective Conan "The Last Wizard of the Century" Original Soundtrack
3	イースターエッグの謎	Iisutā Eggu no Nazo	Mystery of the Easter Egg	Detective Conan "The Last Wizard of the Century" Original Soundtrack
4	怪盗キッド出現	Kaitō Kiddo Shutsugen	Kaitou Kid Appears	Detective Conan "The Last Wizard of the Century" Original Soundtrack
5	古城の探索	Kojō no Tansaku	Exploration of the Old Castle	Detective Conan "The Last Wizard of the Century" Original Soundtrack
6	古城の神秘	Kojō no Shinpi	Mystery of the Old Castle	Detective Conan "The Last Wizard of the Century" Original Soundtrack
7	古城のテーマ	Kojō no Tēma	The Old Castle's Theme	Detective Conan "The Last Wizard of the Century" Original Soundtrack
8	蘭・愛のテーマ	Ran・Ai no Tēma	Ran's Love Theme	Detective Conan Original Soundtrack 1
9	昼下がりの天使たち （摩天楼ヴァージョン）	Hirusagari no Tenshitachi (Mantenrō Vājon)	Early Afternoon Angels (Skyscraper Version)	Detective Conan "The Time-Bombed Skyscraper" Original Soundtrack
10	怪盗キッド出現	Kaitō Kiddo Shutsugen	Kaitou Kid Appears	Detective Conan "The Last Wizard of the Century" Original Soundtrack
11	古城の探索	Kojō no Tansaku	Exploration of the Old Castle	Detective Conan "The Last Wizard of the Century" Original Soundtrack
12	赤い光のスナイパー１	Akai Hikari no Sunaipā 1	The Sniper's Red Light 1	Detective Conan "The Last Wizard of the Century" Original Soundtrack
13	コナンvs怪盗キッド	Konan vs Kaitō Kiddo	Conan vs Kaitou Kid	Detective Conan "The Last Wizard of the Century" Original Soundtrack
14	赤い光のスナイパー１	Akai Hikari no Sunaipā 1	The Sniper's Red Light 1	Detective Conan "The Last Wizard of the Century" Original Soundtrack
15	行き止まり	Ikidomari	Dead End	Detective Conan "The Last Wizard of the Century" Original Soundtrack
16	古城の探索	Kojō no Tansaku	Exploration of the Old Castle	Detective Conan "The Last Wizard of the Century" Original Soundtrack
17	赤い光のスナイパー２	Akai Hikari no Sunaipā 2	The Sniper's Red Light 2	Detective Conan "The Last Wizard of the Century" Original Soundtrack
18	古城のテーマ	Kojō no Tēma	The Old Castle's Theme	Detective Conan "The Last Wizard of the Century" Original Soundtrack
19	尋問	Jinmon	Interrogation	Detective Conan "The Last Wizard of the Century" Original Soundtrack
20	トリック	Torikku	Trick	Detective Conan "The Fourteenth Target" Original Soundtrack
21	古城の探索	Kojō no Tansaku	Exploration of the Old Castle	Detective Conan "The Last Wizard of the Century" Original Soundtrack
22	真相究明	Shinsō Kyūmei	Investigating the Truth	Detective Conan "The Fourteenth Target" Original Soundtrack
23	忍び寄る影	Shinobiyoru Kage	Creeping Shadow	Detective Conan Original Soundtrack 3
24	ターゲット サスペンスＤ	Tāgetto Sasupensu D	Target Suspense D	Detective Conan "The Fourteenth Target" Original Soundtrack
25	犯人からの電話	Hannin Kara no Denwa	Phone Call From the Culprit	Detective Conan "The Time-Bombed Skyscraper" Original Soundtrack
26	殺意	Satsui	Murderous Intent	Detective Conan "The Fourteenth Target" Original Soundtrack
27	闇の男爵ナイトバロンのテーマ	Yami no Danshaku Naito Baron no Tēma	Baron of the Darkness, The Night Baron's Theme	Detective Conan Original Soundtrack 3
28	怪人包帯男１	Kaijin Hōtai Otoko 1	The Mysterious Bandaged Man 1	Detective Conan Original Soundtrack 3
29	忍び寄る危機	Shinobiyoru Kiki	Incoming Crisis	Detective Conan "The Time-Bombed Skyscraper" Original Soundtrack
30	コナンのテーマ （バラード・ヴァージョン)	Konan no Tēma (Barādo・Vājon)	Conan's Theme (Ballad Version)	Detective Conan Original Soundtrack 1
31	Secret of my heart	Secret of my heart	Secret of my heart	Secret of my heart
32	コナンの勝利	Konan no Shōri	Conan's Victory	Detective Conan Original Soundtrack 1

In other languages

Language	Title	Translation
Catalan (Catalan dub)	Les màscares embruixades riuen fredament	The cursed masks coldly laughs
Catalan (Valencian dub)	La maledicció de les màscares	The curse of the masks
French	La Malédiction des masques	The Curse of the Masks
Galician	O sorriso cruel das máscaras malditas	The cursed masks cruel smile
German	Das Haus der 200 Masken	The House of 200 Masks
Italian	La maledizione delle maschere	The Curse of the Masks
Spanish (Castilian dub)	Las máscaras de la cruel sonrisa	The cruel smile masks
Spanish (American dub)	La maldición de las máscaras de risa macabra	The curse of the macabre laugh masks
Vietnamese	Nụ cười lạnh lùng của chiếc mặt nạ bị nguyền rủa	A Cursed Mask Coldly Laughs

Trivia

• This case is clearly modeled after The Gathering of the Detectives! Shinichi Kudo vs. Kaitou Kid.

See also

• Season 7