The Historical Actor Murder Case

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Episode 102-103 (Int. Episode {{{int-episode}}})
Information
Title:	The Historical Actor Murder Case
Japanese title:	時代劇俳優殺人事件 (Jidaigeki Haiyū Satsujin Jiken)
Original airdate:	May 24, 1998 (Part 1) June 1, 1998 (Part 2)
Season:	4
Manga source:	Volume 17: File 10 (170) ~ Volume 18: File 2 (171-172)
English version
English title:	Fame and Misfortune
Dubbed episode:	Episode 108-109
Case
Cast:	Conan Edogawa Kogoro Mouri Ran Mouri Inspector Megure Wataru Takagi Officer Tome
Case solved by:	Kogoro Mouri (via Conan)
Next Conan's Hint:	Tea (Part 1) Stamps (Part 2)
Staff
Director:	Kenji Kodama
Organizer:	102 Johei Matsuura 103 Kenji Kodama
Storyboard:	102 Johei Matsuura 103 Kenji Kodama
Episode director:	102 Johei Matsuura 103 Kazuo Nogami
Animation director:	102 Atsushi Aono 103 Hiromi Muranaka
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, Next Conan's Hint Toshihiko Nakajima as Officer Tome, Receptionist, Reporter B Kenji Utsumi as Kozaburo Hijikata Sachi Asakura as Isami Nagakura Kihachiro Uemura as Hajime Okita Isshin Chiba as Forensics officer, Reporter A Yasuhiro Takato as Reporter C Naoki Makishima as Reporter D
Music
Opening song:	Unmei no Roulette Mawashite
Closing song:	Negai Goto Hitotsu Dake

Cast

Characters
Conan Edogawa Kogoro Mouri Ran Mouri Inspector Megure Wataru Takagi Officer Tome

Gadgets

Gadgets
Voice-Changing Bowtie Stun-Gun Wristwatch

Case

Situation

Part 1

When a famous samurai movie star, Kozaburo Hijikata, hires Kogoro for some consultations, the group is led to believe that he wants to learn about detective work for an upcoming TV series where he is to star as a detective. However, rumors of an affair between his beautiful and much younger wife Isami Nagakura and stunt actor Hajime Okita can't help but lead Conan to doubt the reason. When Isami is found dead on Okita's balcony, the group believes it is an open and shut case, but Conan doubts the authenticity when he sees a big smile form on Hijikata's face. Which side is truly right?

Murder
	Location: Okita's balcony Victim: Isami Nagakura Cause of death: Strangulation Suspects: Hajime Okita and Kozaburo Hijikata

Part 2

Kogoro tells the media all of the current suspicions so Inspector Megure and Detective Takagi can sneak Hijikata and Okita out the backdoor for questioning, but before doing so Conan goes up to the sixth floor to try and find some evidence that his suspicion of Hijikata being the killer is accurate. In the end one truth as always will prevail, but which side is truly innocent here?

People

Kozaburo Hijikata
	51 years old Actor

Hajime Okita
	29 years old Actor

Isami Nagakura
	Victim (strangled) 38 years old Actress Kozaburo Hijikata's wife

Resolution

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Effectively, Conan was right. The culprit was Kozaburo Hijikata. Hijikata not only killed Isami since she cheated on him, but because of her life insurance which he needed to cash on due to his upcoming bankruptcy. As such, he purchased three apartments with exactly the same furnishing, but in different floors of the same building; via tampering a little with the elevator numbers, he managed to trick Conan, Kogoro, and Ran. To go to one of them when they meant to go to the other. Said apartment was right next to the one where Hijikata strangled Isami and left her body to be found; with another trick he made Isami's lifeless body fall in the balcony in front of everyone.

The proof that Conan needed was a prop pistol that Kogoro accidentally broke in one of the apartments, and which he hid under a couch pillow; finding it in the right place is what uncovers Hijikata's plans.

Dub changes

• The names of the characters in the Funimation Dub are:

• Kozaburo Hijikata - Johnny Hijikata
• Hajime Okita - Harrison Blackwell
• Isami Nagakura - Isabel Nottingham

See also

• Season 4