Crossroad in the Ancient Capital

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Movie 7
Official trailer
Information
Title:	Crossroad in the Ancient Capital
Japanese Title:	名探偵コナン 迷宮の十字路(クロスロード) (Meitantei Konan: Meikyū no Kurosurōdo)
Original airdate:	April 19, 2003
Broadcast rating when aired on television:	16.5% (aired on April 16, 2004) 10.5% (aired on December 25, 2006) 9.9% (aired on April 7, 2017)
Case
Cast:	Conan Edogawa Ran Mouri Heiji Hattori Kazuha Toyama Sonoko Suzuki Shinichi Kudo Kogoro Mouri Hiroshi Agasa Ai Haibara Detective Boys Ninzaburo Shiratori Goro Otaki Juzo Megure Wataru Takagi Miwako Sato Fumimaro Ayanokoji Unnamed officer Unnamed officer Maro Heishiro Bizen
Case solved by:	Shinichi Kudo
Staff
Director:	Kenji Kodama Akira Nishimori (sub)
Screenplay:	Kazunari Kouchi
Storyboard:	Kenji Kodama Akira Nishimori
Technical Director:	Chiharu Sato Toru Kitahata
Animation director:	Masatomo Sudo (chief) Junko Yamanaka Seiji Muta (asst.) Masahiko Itojima (asst.) Yoshiharu Shimizu (action)
Character Design:	Masatomo Sudo Layout checker: Yoshiharu Shimizu, Chiharu Sato Design Works: Sachiko Kamimura
Voice Cast: Minami Takayama as Conan Edogawa Kappei Yamaguchi as Shinichi Kudo Wakana Yamazaki as Ran Mouri Akira Kamiya as Kogoro Mouri Ryo Horikawa as Heiji Hattori Yuko Miyamura as Kazuha Toyama Megumi Hayashibara as Ai Haibara Kenichi Ogata as Hiroshi Agasa Naoko Matsui as Sonoko Suzuki Yukiko Iwai as Ayumi Yoshida Ikue Otani as Mitsuhiko Tsuburaya Wataru Takagi as Genta Kojima, Wataru Takagi Chafurin as Juzo Megure Kazuhiko Inoue as Ninzaburo Shiratori Norio Wakamoto as Goro Otaki Atsuko Yuya as Miwako Sato Ryotaro Okiayu as Fumimaro Ayanokoji Kozo Mito as Rokuro Kamei Shinobu Satouchi as Shichiro Washinoo Kiyomitsu Mizuuchi as Hachiro Kataoka Daiki Nakamura as Ryuen Keisuke Ihara as Enkai Saburo Kamei as Shozo Sakura Koji Yusa as Shuntaro Mizuo Hirotaka Suzuoki as Taiga Saijo Hiroko Suzuki as Tae Yamakura Mari Adachi as Chikasuzu Rei Sakuma as Ichikayo Teiyu Ichiryusai as Landlady Sachi Matsumoto as Kendo kids Junichi Sugawara as Station attendant Isshin Chiba as Reporter Shogakukan young voice actors: Ryo Akanuma, Natsumi Okano, Ryujun Matsuura, Tomomi Tsubota, Hirotomo Miyazaki, Yuta Yamagata, Maki Orui, and Yoshitsugu Suzuki
Music
Theme song:	Time after time ~Hana Mau Machi de~
Soundtrack:	Detective Conan "Crossroad in the Ancient Capital" Original Soundtrack
Collectibles
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Crossroad in the Ancient Capital is the 7th movie in the Detective Conan franchise. It was released in Japan on April 19, 2003.

Characters introduced

Fumimaro Ayanokoji
	28 years old Inspector from Kyoto Police District

Maro
100px	Ayanokoji's best friend Siberian chipmunk

Cast

Characters
Conan Edogawa Ran Mouri Shinichi Kudo Heiji Hattori Kazuha Toyama Ai Haibara Hiroshi Agasa Sonoko Suzuki Kogoro Mouri Ayumi Yoshida Mitsuhiko Tsuburaya Genta Kojima Ninzaburo Shiratori Goro Otaki Juzo Megure Wataru Takagi Miwako Sato Heishiro Bizen Unnamed officer Unnamed officer

Gadgets

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

Case

Situation

We open with a flashback, several years ago. A girl dressed in a kimono plays with a ball and sings the Song of Kyoto underneath flowering cherry trees. Heiji, who is about seven or eight years old, watches her from a window in a temple nearby and is mesmerised by her.

In the present day, Conan (using Shinichi's voice), talks to Ran on the phone using a public phone booth near Beika Station. He tells her he is still quite busy with his ongoing case and Ran asks him to be careful because the weather is going to be worse in the next couple of days. Kogoro mocks them, singing the song Yoshinoyama, a play about two historical lovers in Japan, Yoshitsune and Shizuka Gozen. Kogoro tells Ran that she and Shinichi remind him of those unfortunate lovers who had to separate.

The same night in Tokyo, Nishikuni Tachi City, three men wait for a person called Benkei outside a temple. Suddenly, a mysterious samurai with Okina mask appears, fires a bow at the men and kills one of them.

Murder
	Location: Tokyo - Nishikuni Tachi City (Yabo Tenmangu Shrine) Victim: Hachiro Kataoka Age: 34 years old Cause of death: Arrow shot wound Suspects: Benkei Benkei shoots an arrow on Kataoka's chest, instantly killing him.

Then, he slashs the other two men with a katana.

Murder
	Location: Tokyo - Nishikuni Tachi City (Yabo Tenmangu Shrine) Victim: Shichiro Washinoo Age: 35 years old Cause of death: Slash wound Suspects: Benkei Shichiro was the first to be katana-killed by Benkei.

Murder
	Location: Tokyo - Nishikuni Tachi City (Yabo Tenmangu Shrine) Victim: Rokuro Kamei Age: 35 years old Cause of death: Slash wound Suspects: Benkei Next was Rokuro Kamei, killed in a similar fashion as Washinoo. Benkei then took their three books and the codes inside.

Afterwards, he collects three books and three pieces of paper with a code on them from the deceased and flees the crime scene.

At midnight in Osaka, the murderer stabs Heishiro Bizen, the owner of restaurant Takohei and an old friend of Heiji. The victim also possessed the same book and paper with a code, which the murderer takes with him as he leaves.

Murder
	Location: "Takohei" restaurant in Osaka Victim: Heishiro Bizen Age: 35 years old Time: Midnight Cause of death: Stab wound on chest Suspects: Benkei Heishiro gets stabbed in his restaurant by Benkei, who proceeds to retrieve the fourth book and mysterious code.

The following morning in Kyoto, the murderer kills Jiro Suruga, the owner of a bar. Suruga also had the same book and code as the four previous victims.

Murder
	Location: "Snack Jiro" in Kyoto Victim: Jiro Suruga Age: 32 years old Time: Early dawn Cause of death: Slash wound Suspects: Benkei Benkei slashed Jiro dead and got the fifth book and the mysterious code.

Several days later at the Tokyo Metropolitan Police Headquarters, the local police, supported by Inspectors Otaki from Osaka and Ayanokoji from Kyoto, hold a press conference about the ongoing investigation of the rogue samurai's bloodshed.

Takagi and Sato discuss about Inspector Ayanokoji, who was a classmate of Inspector Shiratori's at the police academy. Sato says Ayanokoji is from a noble family and everyone calls him "The Royal Inspector". Ayanokoji has a pet chipmunk which he carries everywhere with him and the chipmunk can be seen looking out of his suit pocket.

Journalists ask if the police have found any connnection between the victims. They all belonged to an infamous gang of robbers called Genjibotaru. The famous gang has mostly stolen Buddha statues and they have been active since 1991, mostly in Tokyo, Osaka, and Kyoto. Their members are named after servants of Yoshitsune and everyone owns a book called "Yoshitsune Chronicles", which is the book the murderer took from each of his victims. Now, all but three members have been killed. When asked about the killer, Otaki explains that currently, all they know is that the killer is skilled in archery and swordsmanship. The police have no clues to the identity of the remaining three robbers, neither their names nor their genders. Megure ends the press conference.

Heiji is at home reading a magazine on Yoshitsune when he decides to leave the house. While he gets ready, his eyes fall on a crystal on his drawer. He picks it up and looks at it thoughtfully. Outside his bedroom window, a cherry tree is in full bloom. Suddenly, the door opens: it is Kazuha, coming to surprise Heiji. Heiji startles and drops the crystal, she picks it up and gets it back. She has seen this crystal before but doesn't tell Heiji where. Instead she says she actually wanted to ask Heiji if he wanted to go for a walk, but since he seems to be busy, she might as well leave him alone. Heiji laughs and tells her goodbye. Kazuha stays behind, angry at herself that she just let him leave like that.

Sonoko, Ran, Conan, and Kogoro take the train to Kyoto. The chief priest at Sanno Temple asked for Kogoro's help and he took the children along as a special favour. Meanhwile,the Detective Boys visit Professor Agasa who brings them something to drink. As the kids are jealous of Conan, Agasa suggests they can go to Kyoto as well if they are able to answer his newest quiz.

He asks them if they have ever heard of Benkei. Mitsuhiko explains the story of Minamoto no Yoshitsune to ignorant Genta. He was originally called Ushiwakamaru. On Kyoto's Gojyo bridge, he defeated Benkei who wanted to steal his 1000th sword. After his defeat, Benkei became Yoshitsune's servant. At that time, rival clans Genji and Heike were fighting. Yoshitsune was able to defeat the Heike clan, but his older brother Yorimoto hated him for it, leading to Yoshitsune's eventual suicide at a place called Koromogawa, in Hiraizumi, now called the Iwate prefecture.

Agasa praises Mitsuhiko for his good memory and asks his quiz question: "Benkei had a (fictional) first love named Uzune. How did Benkei react when he heard Uzune was going to marry another man? 1) he was angry; 2) he was happy, or 3) he cried?"

Genta and Mitsuhiko both answer that Benkei obviously got angry. Agasa tells them they're wrong. While they still try come up with the correct answer, Ai interrupts them and says it's number 3, Benkei cried. Ayumi asks Ai why and now Mitsuhiko understands as well. There is a spot below one's knee called "mukozune" that makes you cry when you get hit there. Genta wonders what that has to do with the quiz and Ayumi explains to him that "muko" means bridegroom. So when the "muko" marries "Uzune", you get "mukozune" and that makes you cry.

Agasa says that Ai answering the riddle doesn't count but Ayumi angrily replies that Ai also belongs to the Detective Boys and that the professor promised to take them to Kyoto and should better keep his promises. Agasa relents.

Kogoro, Ran, Sonoko, and Conan take a taxi to Sanno Temple in Rokkaku street, where Ryuen, a monk, waits for them. He introduces them to chief priest Enkai, and three supporters of the temple, antique art dealer Shozo Sakura, Noh performer Shuntaro Mizuo, and bookstore owner Taiga Saijo. Enkai says the three men regularly practice kendo with the monks and priests. Kogoro and Ran ask about a famous wooden Buddha statue that is only presented to the public every twelve years, with the next occasion being just three days away. Enkai says the statue, called the Healing Buddha, will be delighted to see someone so interested in him, but Conan sees Ryuen worry.

The two hosts take Ran, Conan, Kogoro, and Sonoko to the room where the Buddha statue was kept and reveal that the Healing Buddha was stolen almost exactly 8 years ago. The statue was kept between two other statues, the sunlight bodhisattva and the moonlight bodhisattva. Ryuen wanted to report the theft but Enkai stopped him, he believed the Buddha would return on his own some day if that was what was meant to be.

The priest then offers tea to his guests and shows Kogoro a mysterious picture someone dropped into the mailbox in front of the temple. It is identical to the pictures stolen from the serial killer's victims. There was a message on the picture that read "solve this riddle and you will find the whereabouts of the Buddha statue."

Heiji investigates the murder of Jiro Suruga. He asks the owners of a shop next to the bar if they witnessed anything but as the murder was committed in the early hours of the morning, nobody was awake.

As he leaves the shop, he watches a cyclist steal a woman's purse. Heiji takes the banner in front of the and wields it like a staff, getting it to catch on the bicycle's pedals. The bike crashes, the thief drops the purse and angrily runs away. Heji picks the purse up and hands it back its owner, Tae Yamakura, who owns a teahouse. Mrs. Yamakura and her young geisha Chikasuzu, who catches up with them, thank him for stopping the thief and give Heiji their cards, telling him he is always welcome at the teahouse. Heiji notices she wears a bandaid on her thumb.

He says goodbye to Yamakura and Chikasuzu, climbs back on his motorcycle and drives on. Inspector Ayanokoji watches him drive by from a nearby alleyway.

Back at Sanno Temple, Kogoro tries to solve the picture riddle that was left in the letterbox at the temple. Conan says there are a lot of animals pictured, perhaps they are a clue towards the solution: a cicada, a tengu and a goldfish on the fifth row, a chicken, a leech and a strange dot on the fourth row, and between the second and third row, there is a violet, another tengu, Mount Fuji and on the side, an acorn.

Sonoko suggests that she and Ran go sightseeing while Kogoro works. Ran agrees and says she's already asked Kazuha to show them around Kyoto and that Heiji won't accompany her because he's bus. She also asks Conan if he wants to join her and Sonoko. Conan tries to come up with an excuse and says he's already going fishing with a few children who live near the temple. While he leaves, he wonders why the picture was sent to the temple and what it means.

At Gojo bridge, Conan tries to look for clues, when someone suddenly attacks him from behind with a shinai, reciting the story of Yoshitsune and Benkei's first meeting on the same bridge. Conan blocks the "attack" and is hardly surprised to find Heiji behind it. A few children have watched him swing the shinai and applaud Heiji, who gives them the staff. Conan and Heiji go down to the river and talk about the current state of the investigation into the serial murders. Heiji explains to Conan that his old friend had always been kind to Heiji when he was in middle school and that he wants to solve Bizen's murder and avenge his friend.

Conan shows Heiji the picture and asks Heiji to take him to every place he thinks could hold a clue to the whereabouts of the statue.

First, they visit the Gojouten shrine, which is where Benkei and Yoshitsune first met according to the "Yoshitsune Chronicles". Conan searches the shrine for clues but doesn't find anything. On their way out, Heiji wonders why nobody asked for his assistance in the case because Osaka is much closer to Kyoto than Tokyo. Conan says it might be because his father is the police chief in Osaka and the temple didn't want the police involved.

Next, they stop near Benkei Stone, a boulder that Benkei frequently sat upon (according to one legend) or that Benkei threw from Mount Hie (according to another legend).

Heiji and Conan get ready to drive up to Keage Incline but are interrupted by Inspector Ayanokoji who tells Heiji to keep away from the investigation.

Ran, Sonoko, and Kazuha visit Kiyomizudera temple which offers a beautiful view of many flowering cherry trees. Kazuha seems sad about something and when Ran asks her why, Kazuha tells her friends that Heiji's first love lives in Kyoto and that she's worried Heiji is going to find the girl again.

On Keage Incline, Conan and Heiji search the statue of the Perfected Great Sun Buddha. There aren't any relevant clues on or near the statue so they decide to leave and have lunch.

As they climb down the hill again, they pass a field of flowering cherry trees and Heiji tells Conan about one of his fondest memories: On a visit to Kyoto when he was eight, he decided to explore all the temples in the city.

At one temple, he climbed up to look out of a barred window, the bars broke, Heiji fell backwards and hit his head on the floor. He briefly lost consciousness. When he came back to his senses, he heard someone singing outside of the temple and looked out to saw a pretty girl about his age, dressed in a colourful kimono, playing with a ball while she sang. A gust of wind blew past, causing Heiji to squeeze his eyes shut. When he opened his eyes again, the girl was gone. All he found was a square crystal near the trunk of the cherry tree. He shows the crystal to Conan and Conan asks whether Heiji has ever told the story to Kazuha. Heiji says he has, but she doesn't know every detail.

Sonoko, Ran, and Kazuha have lunch at a restaurant and also talk about that incident eight years ago. Kazuha says Heiji was recently interviewed about his first love by a Kansai magazine. He said the girl must have been a bit older than him and that they met while Heiji was in year three of primary school. Ran tries to reassure Kazuha that this girl is firmly in Heiji's past and Kazuha is Heiji's future, but Sonoko interjects that most men always care a lot about their first love.

Conan and Heiji reach the west gate of Kurama temple, wanting to take a shortcut. They climb off the motorcycle and Conan sees a blue motorcycle parked nearby. As they go up the stairs leading to the inner temple sanctuary, the killer watches them from above. At the top of the stairs lies the Immobile Hall of Sojyougatani where, legend has it, the Tengu taught Ushiwakamaru the art of war. Heiji says the place seems perfect to practice sword fighting.

At the same time, the killer prepares to shoot at Heiji with an arrow.

Attempted Murder
	Location: Tree near the Immobile Hall of Sougyougatani Victim: Heiji Hattori Attack types: Shooting Suspects: Benkei Benkei aims at Heiji from a tree and shoots, but the arrow misses since Conan pushed Heiji on the side.

Conan notices just in time and yells at Heiji to get down. Conan runs after the attacker and Heiji runs back to his motorcycle, picks Conan up and they chase after the attacker. They come to a path in the forest that ends near a bridge. The attacker races across the bridge, cutting the rope off behind him and Heiji manages to get to the other side just in time.

The chase continues down the hill to Kurama temple station and the two motorcycles race down the train tracks at the Eizan Electric Railway (Eiden) Kurama Line. The attacker throws a smoke bomb, Heiji loses sight of him and they narrowly escape collision with a train coming the other way. As Conan and Heiji scramble back to their feet, the unknown attacker drives off into the distance. Conan wonders why he was attacking Heiji.

They meet up with Sonoko, Kazuha, and Ran and Heiji explains that they were trying to solve the mysterious picture riddle. Conan asks where Kogoro has disappeared to and Enkai tells them the men have all gone to a teahouse in Pontochō.

At the "Sakuraya" teahouse, Ichikayo, a geisha, sings, while Chikasuzu dances for Kogoro, Ryuen, Sakura, Shuntaro, and Taiga. Kogoro calls for more sake, at which point Kazuha, Conan, Sonoko, Ran, and Heiji enter the teahouse. Ran tells Kogoro off but Ryuen asks her to be kind to her father as the entire evening was Ryuen's idea, he thought Kogoro needed to relax while he tried to find the missing statue. Heiji recognises Chikasuzu from earlier.

The landlady wants to know more about the "Yoshitsune Chronicles".

Taiga says the book actually tells Benkei's story and Shuntaro that he particulary enjoys the story of "Ataka no Benkei". He says that this story is quite popular in Noh theatre as well. While escaping from Yoritomo's pursuing party, Yoshitsune and his servants disguise themselves as mountain priests to get past a checkpoint at Ataka. Yoshitsune comes under the scrutiny of a guard, but Benkei, acting in a split-second, beats Yoshitsune with a stick to fool the guards as it was unheard of that a servant would hit his master. The company gets past the checkpoint unharmed. Later, Benkei, embarassed by his actions, apologises tearfully but Yoshitsune tells him there is nothing to forgive and praises Benkei for his quick reaction. Everyone agrees that this story is a good example of the close friendship Yoshitsune and Benkei enjoyed.

Sakura asks the landlady if he can have a quick nap in one of the rooms downstairs and tells her to wake him at nine PM.

Sonoko opens the window and everyone marvels at the beautiful full moon and clear night sky. The teahouse overlooks Misogi River, which, according to Ichikayo, is a popular meeting place for couples because it is lined with flowering cherry trees. Heiji spots Inspector Ayanokoji standing downstairs on the riverbank and points him out to Conan.

Ran, Kazuha, and Sonoko go downstairs to have a better view of the cherry tries.

Kogoro plays more games with Chikasuzu while everyone watches him and laughs.

Conan looks up wistfully and says the full moon reminds him of a date he once had with Ran. Shinichi was two hours late and he ran to their usual meeting spot, worried Ran would either be angry or had already left. Instead, Ran smiled when she saw a tired Shinichi hurrying to her and said she wasn't angry but glad nothing serious had happened to him. Heiji teases Conan and asks if that was the day he found out he was in love with Ran. Conan doesn't answer but thinks that he already knew that back then and wonders how long Ran will keep waiting for him.

Ran tells Kazuha she is slightly envious of her because Kazuha gets to see Heiji whenever she wants.

It is nine PM and the landlady goes downstairs to wake Sakura. She doesn't find him so she looks for him in the cellar. The door to the storage room is open, she looks inside and finds Sakura dead on the floor near the window.

The landlady yells out in panic.

Murder
	Location: Storage room in the teahouse Victim: Shozo Sakura Age: 51 years old Cause of death: Slit wound on the throat Suspects: Ryuen, Shuntaro Mizuo, Taiga Saijo, Tae Yamakura, and Chikasuzu The landlady scream the sixth victim in storage room.

The guests run downstairs and Ran calls the police. Kogoro inspects the body and says that Sakura died because someone slashed his carotid artery with a sharp weapon. The police arrive and ask everyone except Heiji and Kogoro to leave. Heiji thinks this was not a robbery, but before he can elaborate further, Kogoro notices Conan has stuck behind and throws Conan out of the room. Conan secretly took a set of keys from the dead man's pocket before Kogoro discovered him.

Inspector Ayanokoji and two police officers go upstairs to talk to the witnesses. Heiji and Conan discuss the case quietly and Heiji asks Conan if Conan thinks the murderer broke into the teahouse. Conan says he can't entirely discount that idea, but Sakura would have heard the front door open if the murderer came in that way and nobody is stupid enough to hang onto the murder weapon after they used it. It is more likely that the murderer was already in the teahouse, meaning the main suspects are Saijo, Ryuen, and Mizuo. All three of them excused themselves to go to the bathroom during the evening, giving them an opportunity to sneak downstairs and kill Sakura. Conan wonders why Chikasuzu followed Mizuo to the bathroom but didn't do the same for Ryuen and Saijo. All of which makes it more likely that either Ryuen or Sajo are the culprit since they didn't have any witness when they left the room.

Heiji asks Conan for the keys he "so obviously stole from Sakura" and together, they go to the deceased's antiquities shop in Teramachi street. Conan finds the "Yoshitsune Chronicles" among Sakura's books with the name "Ise no Saburo" on the back. Sakura was therefore one of the remaining members of Genjibotaru. The picture riddle is stuck between the pages of the book and Heiji says he thinks it was Sakura who sent the letter to Sanno Temple.

Heiji and Conan meet up with the others and tell Kogoro of their findings. Kogoro immediately panics, wondering if he's next as he's "got a five in his name" but Conan reminds him this was an entirely different serial killer (see: movie 2). Conan wonders if the picture in Sakura's book was a copy and if the murderer knew about it. Sonoko remembers that she heard a splashing sound from the Misogigawa river a few seconds before Tae found Sakura's body. The police are still looking for anything that could have been thrown into the river but couldn't find anything so far. Heiji says the murderer must have had an accomplice who collected the murder weapon before it could be found by the police but Conan rejects that idea, saying such an accomplice would have been spotted by Ran, Kazuha, and Sonoko. Kogoro wonders if the murderer climbed in through the basement window, hid in the bathroom and waited for Sakura to come downstairs, where he killed Sakura and climbed out of the window again holding the murder weapon.

Heiji and Kazuha ride home on Heiji's motorycle in Teramachi street and are pursued by the murderer who stands up on his motorcycle from Saijo's closed store and shoots at them with bow and arrow. The arrow fizzes past Heiji and breaks the left side mirror of his motorcycle. The murderer takes a turn into a park, Heiji and Kazuha pursue him. Heiji tells Kazuha to stay behind while he follows the murderer on foot. They meet near the train tracks and the murderer throws a wooden sword at Heiji, challenging him to a kendo fight. During their fight, Heiji notices the murderer wears arm guards.

Eventually, Heiji loses balance and drops his sword. He tells the murderer to cut him like he cut Sakura. The murderer hits him twice before he cuts through a sleeve into Heiji's pocket where he keeps the old crystal. Heiji picks it up but when he tries to get up, his vision suddenly blurs and he feels dizzy. Heiji leans against a tree and the murderer takes a knife out and prepares for the fatal blow.

Attempted Murder
	Location: Road and forest near the train Victim: Heiji Hattori Attack types: Stabbing Suspects: Benkei Benkei prepares to stab Heiji, but Kazuha throws a blackjack at him, ripping his mask and forcing him to escape.

Before he gets to it, a sock containing a heavy stone comes fizzing through the air and hits the murderer on the head, chipping off a part of his mask. When he hears someone shout "he's over here, officer!", the murderer runs away with the swords but drops the knife. Kazuha hurries to Heiji who tells her that was a smart idea and thanks her for saving his life before he loses consciousness. When he comes to, he is in Umekouji Hospital with Ran, Kazuha, and Conan. Otaki and Shiratori ask Heiji if he remembers anything about his attacker and Heiji tells them to inspect the wounds the murderer made with the short sword. Unfortunately, Otaki says there is not a lot of evidence to go by as even the motorcycle the murderer rode was stolen. Kazuha remembers that some of the murderer's mask was chipped off by her sock weapon and leaves soon after the police officers, determined to look for the piece of wood. Ran, who has been talking to Kogoro on her phone, comes back to the room to find Heiji and Conan gone.

Conan and Heiji go back to the city centre by train and talk about the attack. Heiji tells Conan about the arm guards the murderer wore and that he deliberately wanted to be wounded by the short sword to collect evidence for the police, but that he doesn't understand why the murderer left his short sword behind and tried to grab the pouch with the crystal ball from Heiji.

They meet up with Mizuo to ask him about the mask the murderer wore and to check everyone's alibis. Shuntaro explains that he went directly home after the teahouse but he lives alone with his mother so he has no witnesses for his alibi. Saijo says his situation is exactly the same, his apartment is above his shop and nobody else lives in the building. Ryuen also went home by himself.

Heiji then wants to know if anyone of the suspects have ever practiced archery. Shuntaro says he uses a bow and arrow just for theatre and Ryuen uses the sound generated by a bow string to meditate, but does not practice archery. Sajio mumbles "Yamakura" but Heiji says Tae Yamakura was nowhere near the park and is not considered a suspect for his attack. Chikasuzu comes to check how everyone is doing. She has an unusual way of sitting down on the mats on the floor which Conan immediately notices. Saijo sits down in a similar fashion but bends his knees more than she did.

Heiji and Conan accompany Chikasuzu back home. As they go down Ebisu avenue, Chikasuzu - more to herself - sings a song which Heiji immediately recognises, it is the same song he heard in the temple eight years earlier. Chikasuzu explains that this is a temari (a Japanese ball game song) that tells the names of the major roads in Kyoto that run east to west and that the roads appear in the order from north to south. They say their farewells to the young geisha at Oike avenue.

Immediately after she leaves, Otaki calls Heiji from Police headquarters and says the test results from the hilt of the short sword are back. They found Sakura's bloodtype on the handle and the marks the sword left are the same as the marks on Sakura's body. Conan wonders if that doesn't exclude every single of their four main suspects. Heiji has hardly paid attention, staring after Chikasuzu.

Suddenly, the Detective Boys show up and explain that Agasa has taken them to Kyoto, but they have lost Genta. They have reached him with their badges but Genta can't tell them where he is since he can't read kanji yet. Conan locates him with his glasses and Heiji takes the glasses from him and follows the signal along with the children.

Agasa's stomach growls suddenly and Ai gives him a pill from a case she carries in her bag. Agasa proudly presents his newest invention - a set of pills that include one that supresses a growling stomach, to be used for special occasions, one that helps people tolerate alcohol better, one that turns your face red and a pill that makes cold-like symptoms appear when you swallow it, allowing the user a day off work.

They eventually find Genta in the Rokkaku temple. Conan explains that the badges use the same frequency as his glasses which is how he was able to locate Genta.

This sentence suddenly makes everything clear to Conan and Heiji - they now know how Sakura was murdered but have no idea who committed the murder, so they go back to the teahouse to look at the crime scene again. Conan says all four main suspects could have killed Sakura, but Heiji, believing Chikasuzu was his first love, immediately corrects him, saying there is no way his first crush could be a murderer, but of course Conan doesn't listen his pathetic discrimination. He still wonders why the song she sang was different to the one he remembers, in his memory the lyrics went "yome-san rokkaku", not "ane-san rokkaku" as she sang.

In the meantime, Kazuha is back at the park and finds the wooden chip that she took off the mask with her throw.

At Police Headquarters, Megure inspects three pieces of evidence that were found on three of the murder victims, three different pieces of clothing with the same colour and design. He wonders what the significance of those items are. Takagi thinks that "if Shiratori died, we would also divide his belongings up among ourselves". Shiratori joins his colleagues and updates them on a new piece of information from the investigation. Her's mother, who died when Chikasuzu was five, was also a geisha working in the Miyagawa district. The orphaned girl was taken in by Tae Yamakura after her mother's death and the teahouse got anonymous donations to help with Chikasuzu's upbringing since that day. The donations suddenly stopped three months ago.

Megure calls Shiratori and asks him if he has any theory about the items found next to the victims. Shiratori says that to him, it looks like Yoshitsune or Benkei died and each remaining member of the Genjibotaru picked up one of the items as memento of their associate. They are interrupted by Kogoro who calls everyone to the temple, announcing he has figured out the case.

Suspects and police officers gather at the temple, Conan wonders what Kogoro is thinking but is hardly surprised when Kogoro announces a completely false conclusion. He accuses Chikasuzu of the murder, telling her she is Yoshitsune's daughter who wanted revenge for her father who was betrayed by his men and died three months ago. Ayanokoji, who was actually Benkei, was her accomplice. Chikasuzu secretly took the short sword and the chipmunk with her to the teahouse and killed Sakura when she "went to the restroom", after the murder she tied the sword to the chipmunk and let it escape through the basement window. The chipmunk jumped into the Misogi and swam downstream where Ayanokoji picked it up later before he tried to kill Heiji. Triumphantly, Kogoro asks the accused if they practice archery. Ayanokoji says no but Kogoro announces that there is evidence Chikasuzu is an archer since she has a wound on a part of her thumb where archers get injured often. She angrily defends herself, saying that she hasn't practiced archery for long and that Kogoro shouldn't take this as proof. Tae also supports her ward, saying she takes her job seriously and a dancer has no time to even think about killing anyone. Conan asks Kogoro if he really thinks the chipmunk could carry a short sword. Kogoro tries to prove it but fails.

Watching this pathetic scene unfold, Heiji quietly asks Conan if he's also sure who the actual killer is and Conan says yes, that it was in fact archery that provided him with the final answer. They still have no evidence, however, and haven't found the missing statue either.

Genta, Ayumi, and Mitsuhiko play with the chipmunk and Genta wants to feed an acorn to the little rodent. Several acorns fall from his pocket and splash into the fountain around which all of them sit. Ayumi laughs and says this feels like a real-life version of the children's song "Donguri Koro Koro" which is about acorns that fall into a puddle.

Conan now realises the meaning behind the map - it can be solved with the help of the temari song.

People

Fumimaro Ayanokoji
	28 years old Inspector from Kyoto Police District

Maro
100px	Ayanokoji's best friend Siberian chipmunk

Rokuro Kamei
	Victim (slashed) 35 years old Genjibotaru member

Shichiro Washinoo
	Victim (slashed) 35 years old Genjibotaru member

Hachiro Kataoka
	Victim (arrow shot) 34 years old Genjibotaru member

Jiro Suruga
	Victim (slashed) 32 years old Snacks Jiro owner Genjibotaru member

Ryuen
	34 years old Sanno Temple monk

Enkai
	65 years old Sanno Temple chief priest

Shozo Sakura/Saburo Ise
	Victim (throat slit) 51 years old Antique arts dealer Genjibotaru member

Shuntaro Mizuo
	33 years old Noh performer Mizuo school director

Taiga Saijo
	35 years old Used book store owner

Tae Yamakura
	52 years old Miyagawacho tea house mistress Chikasuzu's adoptive mother

Chikasuzu
	19 years old Dancer

Ichikayo
	Geisha

Landlady
	"Sakuraya" teahouse owner

Yoshitsune
	Deceased (illness) Gyokuryu Temple former chief priest Genjibotaru leader

Shingo Fukushima
	Umekouji Hospital patient Room 211

Mrs. Mizuo
	Shuntaro's mother Housewife

Woman
	Deceased (14 years ago) Chikasuzu's unmarried mother Geisha

Characters from the past

Minamoto no Yoshitsune
	Deceased (suicide) 1159-1189 Samurai Genji clan general

Musashibo Benkei
	Deceased 1155-1189 Yoshitsune's servant and best friend Monk warrior

Suruga no Jiro
100px	Deceased Yoshitsune's servant and friend

Ise no Saburo
100px	Deceased  ?-1186 Yoshitsune's servant and friend

Bizen no Heishiro
100px	Deceased Yoshitsune's servant and friend

Kamei no Rokuro
100px	Deceased  ?-1189 Yoshitsune's servant and friend

Washinoo no Shichiro
100px	Deceased  ?-1189 Yoshitsune's servant and friend

Kataoka no Hachiro
100px	Deceased Yoshitsune's servant and friend

Shizuka Gozen
	Deceased 1165-1211 Yoshitsune's concubine

Minamoto no Yoritomo
	Deceased 1147-1199 Yoshitsune's older brother Genji clan leader

Togashi Yasuie
	Deceased Ataka checkpoint guardian

Uzune
	Deceased Benkei's first love Married

Resolution

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From East to West on the map: the fifth row stands for "Gojyou Avenue"; the fourth row Shijyou Avenue"; between the second and third row, "Oike Avenue". From North to South: the Viola mandshurica (スミレ) which is "Ogawa Avenue" from the song 'Haru no Ogawa (Little River of Spring)'; the tengu is a Karasu tengu so it stands for "Karasuma Avenue"; the character "fu" is "tomi" so it is "Tominokoji Avenue" for Mt. Fuji; the loach is related to "Yana gawa nabe", which represents "Yanaginobanba Avenue"; the chicken is "Nishinotoin Avenue"; for the cicada there's an "abura semi" which relates to "Aburanokoji Avenue"; the tengu again represents "Karasuma Avenue"; the goldfish's favourite food is "fu", so it represents "Fuyacho Avenue".

If you connect the violet and Mt. Fuji which is also violet, the yellow chicken and the yellow leech, the orange cicada and the orange goldfish, and both green tengus, the symbol looks like the kanji "tama" or "king".

Then they realise the small dot also belongs to the symbol. "Tama" with a dash can be read as "gyoku", jewel. Conan thinks the dash points to Bukko temple and they take off, excited that they could have found the statue. Heiji's exhaustion catches up with him and they rest at Rokkaku shrine. Conan says he thinks Heiji was at Sanno Temple eight years ago because of the way he described the cherry trees and the windows also looked similar to the ones Heiji remembers. He also says the crystal ball Heiji picked up that day was not from the girl he saw but from the missing Buddha statue, meaning Heiji must have been at Sanno Temple about a day after Genjibotaru broke into the temple and stole the statue.

Robbery (Past)
	Location: Sanno Temple in Kyoto Time: 8 years ago Suspects: Yoshitsune and other three members Eight years ago, Genjibotaru stole the Buddha statue at Sanno Temple.

When the robbers carried the statue away, the crystal fell out of the statue. Yoshitsune noticed it and sent one of his henchmen to retrieve it. As the robber was about to pick the ball up, he saw Heiji standing next to the cherry tree and take the crystal ball with him. Yoshitsune hid the statue and, a few months ago, his henchman saw the interview Heiji did about Kyoto and recognised him as the boy from eight years ago. Around the same time, Yoshitsune fell gravely ill but kept the statue's location to himself. On his death bed, he passed seven copies of the riddle to his seven associates, telling them that whoever was able to figure out the riddle was a worthy new leader of their gang.

Yoshitsune's death.

After Yoshitsune's death, the remaining members couldn't solve the riddle, so Sakura decided to team up with one of his gang members who was an expert swordsman. They agreed to solve the riddle together, sell the statue on the black market and split the profit. Sakura thought he was safe because he knew a spot where he could sell the statue. The murderer hid his true intentions and agreed to Sakura's plan, soon starting to kill all their remaining rivals one by one and take the statue for himself.

He still had no clue how to figure out the riddle left by Yoshitsune, so that's why he hired Kogoro.

Heiji and Conan find nothing at Bukko temple, but Conan takes another look outside and sees a stone sign that reads "Jewel Dragon Temple remains". Heiji's phone rings - it is the last survivor of Genjibotaru who tells him he has kidnapped Kazuha and that he wants to meet with Heiji at Jewel Dragon Temple on Kurama hill within an hour, warning him not to call the police.

Heiji suddenly faints with exhaustion.

Kidnapping
	Location: Bukko-ji temple - Kyoto Hostage: Kazuha Toyama Suspects: Benkei Phone calling from Benkei: he's kidnapped Kazuha.

Ai is at Modori-bashi ("Return Bridge"), thinking about her late sister after read the story very similar to her drug, when Conan calls her on her mobile.

In the meantime, Kazuha has been locked into a room at Gyokuryu Temple, tied up and blindfolded. Benkei's henchmen are walking past the room, discussing their instructions. Kazuha hears one of the men say "the Underworld Katana is in Benkei's drawer, the bow and arrow should be put into the Rokkaku drawer."

Ran asks Enkai where Conan and Heiji have disappeared to and he tells her he overheard them talking about Bukko Temple. Ran decides to go look for them, stopping at Bukko Temple first where she also notices the sign pointing to the "former Gyokuryu temple". She asks a passerby where Gyokuryu Temple is and learns that the temple deep in Kurama mountain has been abandoned long ago.

Night has fallen and the murderer has dragged Kazuha outdoors to await Heiji, surrounded by his henchmen.

Heiji enters the temple and shows the crystal to everyone. He says he understands why the murderer chose Tae's teahouse as the place where he killed Sakura, as it had the advantage of being on the banks of the Misogi river. The murderer took Sakura's copy of the riddle and then accessed a terminal used by security companies to find missing items and people. He concealed the weapon in a plastic bottle, put a GPS receiver in with the weapon and threw it in the river. Later he logged into the terminal to find the bottle again and retrieved it from the river. He then snuck up on Heiji when Heiji drove home on his motorcycle and attacked Heiji with the short sword. When Kazuha intervened, the murderer dropped the sword on purpose to make everyone think he had escaped from the teahouse with the weapon.

Heiji reveals the killer's identity - it is Taiga Saijo, known as Musashibo Benkei to the members of the Genjibotaru gang and their second-in-command. Heiji first suspected Saijo when he tried to hide the fact he was an archer as well. He sat down at Shuntaro's house in exactly the same way as Chikasuzu, he took a half step backwards with his right foot, which is something archers do out of habit. While they were discussing archery, Saijo mumbled "Yamakura". He did not mean Tae Yamakura but rather the spot on an archer's thumb known as "ya no makura" or "pillow for an arrow" where archers often pick up injuries. Saijo said this because he wanted to make everyone suspicious of Chikasuzu.

Saijo concedes, telling Heiji he was right and explains his motive. He had been training kendo for a while with Ryuen in the local kendo school when someone told him of an old style of fighting known as "Yoshitsune style". Saijo taught this style to himself and trained for two years until he felt he had mastered the skill. He became obsessed with Yoshitsune and wanted to be known as his worthy successor, seeing as he was already practicing his style of sword-fighting. This also made him intensely jealous of his old boss who had taken the name Yoshitsune for himself. Saijo wanted to turn Gyokuryu Temple into a dojo where he could train others in the Yoshitsune style and needed the money. That is also the reason why he joined the robbery at Sanno Temple, planning to use his share of profits from the sale of the statue to open his dojo. Three monts ago, after Yoshitsune's death here, who was the chief priest of Gyokuryu Temple and had formed his robbers' gang after it was evacuated, Saijo lost his favourite place to practice kendo, because the temple will be taken down without the leader's supervision, and that's when he decided to kill his remaining companions.

Heiji continues his deductions, saying that Saijo used Ryuen as a medium to contact Kogoro. Saijo also killed Sakura because he had found a buyer for the statue.

Saijo agrees to let Kazuha go if Heiji gives him the crystal and tells him where the statue is. He is surprised when Heiji laughs and says the statue is already at Gyokuryu Temple and had been there all along - "can't you see the forest because of the trees?" Heiji asks. Angry, Saijo gives Kazuha a shove, telling her to go. Suddenly, while she is halfway to Heiji, he tells his eight henchmen with Hannya masks to attack her. Four of his henchmen block the temple entrance.

Attemped Murder
	Location: Gyokuryu Temple - Kyoto Victim: Kazuha Toyama and Shinichi Kudo Attack type: Slash wound Culprits: Taiga Saijo with his eight henchmen

Saijo attacks Heiji with his sword. Kazuha becomes suspicious when Heiji doesn't show his usual skill in blocking the attacks and puts two and two together - he is not Heiji, but Shinichi dressed as Heiji.

At the same time, in the hospital, Ai tells Agasa about Conan's request on "Return Bridge". Conan asked if he could return to his actual body for an instant, telling Ai he needed this to "save Heiji". Ai says the antidote prototype she had for APTX 4869 didn't work anymore but she remembered how Conan changed back into Shinichi when he was given Paical when he had a cold. So, Ai reasoned, when Conan took the pill that produces cold symptoms and then drank Paical, he would turn back into Shinichi for one final time.

Agasa asks Ai if this idea worked and Ai says yes, but there is a major disadvantage - Shinichi is severely weakened by a heavy cold. Agasa and Ai want to check on Heiji, but find out he has escaped the hospital through his window.

Saijo and his men corner Shinichi and Kazuha and Shinichi feels the "antidote" already wearing off. One of the henchmen attacks Shinichi and Kazuha but then stops, revealing himself to be actual Heiji, who quietly tells Shinichi to run away before he transforms back into Conan and Shinichi sprints off for the forest. Heiji makes Kazuha promise not to tell anyone that she saw Shinichi before he confronts Saijo and his men. Heiji's wooden sword breaks and he escapes to the temple with Kazuha.

Ran runs up the forest towards the temple and passes three of Saijo's men. She hides behind a tree and someone grabs her wrist - it is Shinichi, telling her to stay quiet. The moon appears behind the clouds and Shinichi tells Ran she is as beautiful as the last time he saw her, before he stuns her with his watch, holding her in his arms while he, with some intense pain, transforms back into Conan.

Kazuha and Heiji hide in one of the rooms of the temple, looking for a weapon. Kazuha recognises the room as the one she had been held captive in before and tells Heiji she heard the henchmen say that there is a sword hidden in "Benkei's drawer". They take a look at the cabinet on one side of the room and Kazuha says the lines and location of the drawers remind her of the roads of Kyoto. She sings the temari song to help them locate the sword.

Heiji opens the drawer but at the same time Saijo bursts into the room, attacking them with his sword. Heji blocks the attack and recognises that Saijo uses a "muramasa" or demon katana. He grabs Kazuha's wrist and they run out of the room, splitting up. Saijo's men chase after Kazuha while he fights Heiji. Conan arrives at the temple and throws wooden sticks at the henchmen's masks, knocking them down. He then lights one stick up with a match and throws it on a huge stack of wood near one of the temple walls which bursts into flames. Conan hopes the fire will be spotted by police officers or bystanders, drawing attention to the temple.

In the meantime, Kogoro, together with a few police officers, finds Ran and wakes her up. Everyone sees the fire and they quickly head towards the temple.

Heiji and Saijo continue their fight on the roof of the temple, but Saijo gains the upper hand, blocking every one of Heiji's strokes with his arm guard. He also draws a poisoned short sword (Wakizashi + Poisonous grasses), cornering Heiji and pushing him further towards the edge of the roof. Heiji can just about stop himself from falling and sees that Saijo's henchmen have all drawn their bows, ready to shoot him when he falls down. Conan throws his watch up, hoping the flash of light will distract Saijo while he climbs up the walls, using the arrows stuck in the walls as help. He then takes a big leap and draws a football from his belt, aiming for Saijo's Wakizashi sword.

Saijo stumbles and Heiji hits him in the stomach with the blunt edge of the sword. He breaks Saijo's sword and stops him from falling off the edge of the roof, telling him that "if you were Benkei, Yoshitsune would have been killed at Ataka."

Ran, Kogoro, and Shiratori come running in and they help arrest the four henchmen. Ayanokoji tells his officers to escort the men to the next police station, and the temple is under their custody.

On the way down, Heiji asks Conan quietly if he has figured out where the statue was hidden. Conan grins and says he has.

Ran wonders if she only dreamed about meeting Shinichi.

The following morning, Ran, Conan, Sonoko, and Kogoro say farewell to the monks at Sanno Temple. Kogoro apologises for not finding the statue.

Enkai and Ryuen go back to the main building and Ryuen wonders what they should put out for their exhibition now that the statue still hasn't been located. Enkai says they might as well show the remaining parts of the temple treasures and they open the doors behind which the statue was hidden and can't believe their eyes: the Buddha has returned. The statue wears Heiji's hat and Enkai smiles, saying that "they're really Yoshitsune and Benkei returned, those two." Ryuen has no idea who he means.

Earlier that morning, Heiji retrieved the statue from the bell tower at Gyokuryu Temple and put the crystal back in. Conan explained that he'd figured out the riddle when he was up in the air. The temple itself looks like the kanji "tama" which was the answer to the riddle Yoshitsune set for the Genjibotaru members and the one stroke on the riddle pointed to the bell tower, or more precisely its roof.

At Kyoto Central, the Detective Boys pet Ayanokoji's chipmunk. Ayumi thinks it's sad that the chipmunk is the inspector's best friend, asking him if that is because he doesn't have a lot of human friends. The inspector has no idea what to reply.

Kogoro apologises to Chikasuzu and Ayanokoji for accusing them of the murder and they accept his apology. Chikasuzu tells everyone she already knew who her father was and that she herself told him to stop sending her money as she was now old enough to support herself financially. When everyone asks her who her father is, she bows and smiles - "it's a secret". Her facial expression matches Enkai's and the police officers immediately recognise what she means - the old monk is her father.

Kazuha sings the temari song and Heiji asks her why she is "singing it wrong". Kazuha explains she learned the song from her aunt and uncle in Kyoto when she and Heiji visited her relatives when they were eight years old. Her aunt helped Kazuha to put on a kimono, do her hair and wear make-up. Heiji got bored so he went to Sanno Temple ahead of her. Kazuha tried to find him but couldn't, so she waited for him to find her, played with the ball and sang to herself.

Heiji finally realises his first love was Kazuha all along but keeps that part to himself.

Ran watches them sadly and Conan wants to distract her. He plays with a soda can and "accidentally" bathes himself in soda. While Ran wipes his face off, she notices make-up (that Shinichi wore when he disguised himself as Heiji) on her handkerchief and realises it wasn't a dream. Conan explains that "Shinichi said hi, he had to run off but he wanted to disguise himself as Heiji so he could help save Kazuha".

Ran smiles.

After the credits, on the train ride back, Conan has a nap. Sonoko says she admires Ran for being so patient and waiting for Shinichi, saying that she couldn't bear not seeing Makoto for so long.

Ran says she doesn't mind at all. She tells Sonoko about that date Shinichi was two hours late for and that she realised, back then that "The longer you wait for someone, when you do meet them after all... You'll be even happier".

In other languages

Language	Title	Translation
Catalan	Cruïlla a l'antiga capital	Crossroad in the Ancient Capital
Chinese (Simplified)	迷宫的十字路口	Crossroad in the Maze
French	Croisement dans l'ancienne capitale	Crossing in the Ancient Capital
Galician	Encrucillada na antiga capital	Crossroad in the Ancient Capital
German	Die Kreuzung des Labyrinths	The Crossroad of the Labyrinth
Italian	La mappa del mistero	The Map of the Mystery
Thai	คดีฆาตกรรมแห่งเมืองปริศนา	Murder Case of the Mysterious Town
Vietnamese	Mê cung trong thành phố cổ	Crossroad in the Ancient Capital

Trivia

• This is the first Detective Conan movie to be made using digital animation, alongside the use of 3D graphics, which was provided by Studio A-CAT.
• The café from which Shinichi calls Ran at the start of the movie has number 221B as it address, just like Sherlock Holmes and John Watson's apartment, 221B Baker Street.
• The girl in the live action ending theme is Nanami Komori.
• Benkei's motorcycle is a Yamaha WR 450 F.
• Sanno Temple is modeled after Daigo-ji, and Gyokuryu Temple after Ninna-ji, Tenryū-ji, and Kurama-dera.
• "Genjibotaru" is also the name of a widely known species of fireflies in Japan.

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• Karasuma's criminal organization are almost like Yoritomo's pursuing party.

See also

• Movies
• Conan, Heiji, and the Vanished Boy