The White Sandy Beach Murder Case

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Episode 113 (Int. Episode {{{int-episode}}})
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Information
Title:	The White Sandy Beach Murder Case
Japanese title:	白い砂浜殺人事件 (Shiroi Sunahama Satsujin Jiken)
Original airdate:	August 17, 1998
Broadcast rating:	19.8%
Season:	5
Manga source:	Special Volume 1: File 6
English version
English title:	Prescription for Murder
Dubbed episode:	Episode 119
Case
Cast:	Conan Edogawa Kogoro Mouri Ran Mouri
Case solved by:	Kogoro Mouri (via Conan)
Next Conan's Hint:	Feather
Staff
Director:	Kenji Kodama
Screenplay:	Yutaka Yamada
Storyboard:	Yasuichiro Yamamoto
Episode director:	Kazuo Nogami
Animation director:	Hirobi Muranaka
Voice Cast: Minami Takayama as Conan Edogawa Wakana Yamazaki as Ran Mouri Akira Kamiya as Kogoro Mouri Kazusa Murai as Tomoko Yamada Akimasa Ohmori as Tanaka Yuzuru Fujimoto as Old detective Isshin Chiba as Customer Yoshiko Okamoto as Lady Eiji Maruyama as Old man Wataru Takagi as Barkeeper, Next Conan's Hint
Music
Opening song:	Unmei no Roulette Mawashite
Closing song:	Kōri no Ue ni Tatsu Yō ni

Cast

Characters
Conan Edogawa Kogoro Mouri Ran Mouri

Gadgets

Gadgets
Voice-Changing Bowtie Stun-Gun Wristwatch

Case

Situation

A young and beautiful woman named Mitsuko Sekine is found by a reef drowned in what appears to be a suicide. When information that the town's doctor had been intimate with her in the past is revealed, and Mitsuko's best friend Tomoko insists it was murder, both Conan and Kogoro suspect she is right and that suicide is impossible. Now the two must find the clues before his drinking alibi fully comes through, but what to do when Tanaka was actually drinking with Kogoro himself?

Suicide?
	Location: Underwater from Shirahama Beach, Wakayama Prefecture Victim: Mitsuko Sekine Age: 24 years old Cause of death: Drowning Suspects: Dr. Tanaka

People

Tanaka
	Shirahama hospital doctor Mitsuko's ex-fiance

Tomoko Yamada
	Mitsuko's best friend

Mitsuko Sekine
	Victim (drowned) 24 years old Tanaka's fiancee

Policeman
	Shirahama Police officer

Mrs. Koizumi
	Koizumi Shop owner

Amamiya
	Amamiya bar owner

Customer
	Bar customer Tanaka's friend

Old Man
	Resident near Shirahama sea Retired

Police Detective
	Shirahama Police detective Old officer's assistant

Resolution

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Tomoko tearfully said that she suspected Dr. Tanaka of being the killer, and she was right. Tanaka killed poor Mitsuko since she was his girlfriend at the time, but he had been offered a very good arranged marriage to his boss' daughter. Thinking that Mitsuko's presence would ruin an alliance that would further his career, he decided to take her out of the picture, permanently.

Tanaka brought a swim ring and hid it, then called Mitsuko for a date. He drugged Mitsuko and took her to the seaside; then he tied up a boulder to her bare feet, put the swim ring around her and left her ashore. The waves took the still unconscious Mitsuko inside the sea and soon she was at the bottom of the sea, unable to escape and ultimately drowning. Meanwhile, Tanaka was out drinking with other friends of his (and with Kogoro, Ran, and Conan around as well), and this was his alibi.

The biggest mistakes that Tanaka commited were:

• Buying the swim ring in the village. Conan asked around and easily found the person who sold it to Tanaka, who was told by him that he'd give it to a friend's child as a gift; he also showed around some photos, with the seller recognizing the ring.

• Tying Mitsuko's feet in a way that, when photos were compared to Ran doing likewise under orders of Kogoro-via-Conan, was highly suspicious. They were tied up with the string's ends towards her toes, instead of the other way round; that was a proof that she had not tied the boulder to her own body, but somebody else had done so.

Translation changes

Anime

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

• Tanaka - Dr. Marshal Kennedy
• Tomoko Yamada - Liv Collins
• Mitsuko Sekine - Annie Evans
• Policeman - Police Chief Takai

Trivia

• This is the second and final episode to adapted from the manga Detective Conan Special, with the first being The Kidnapping Location Case.
• This is the first episode that takes place in Wakayama Prefecture.
• This is the first episode that show Ran and Conan going snorkeling, and they are doing it at Shirahama Beach.
• If Tomoko Yamada suspected foul play, she should have spoke up, and told the police, "Police, I forbid HIM to do the autopsy, I th9ink he killed her. It HAS to be someone else. In fact, get him away from her NOW, before he messes with any evidence on her."
  • Dirty Looks don't get the point across that he should be nowhere near her body.
  • Words Do.
  • It is not like a suspect cannot lie about time of death or other important things, when they are the doctor doing the autopsy, such as Moonlight Sonata Murder Case.
  • Surely, if she did speak up, they would have made certain to keep him away from her, even if they have to send her body elsewhere, as well as take his word with a grain of salt.
• Conan borrows a bicycle, since he apparently did not bring his Turbo Engine Skateboard on the trip.
• Conan was complaining about all of the trash that was in the sea, since the sea is not the place to throw garbage away, and the next thing he does is to cycle around the ocean, throwing the trash bottles in the ocean at various places for an experiment.
• The Shirahama sea sunset reappeared in a painting in Yokosuka Castle from The Last Wizard of the Century and in the store from Detective George's Mini-Mini Big Strategy. Open spoiler box to see images.

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Episode 113

Movie 3

Short Story Episode 4

BGM listing

#	Song Title	Romaji	Translation	OST
1	運命のルーレット廻して	Unmei no Roulette Mawashite	Spinning the Roulette of Destiny	Unmei no Roulette Mawashite
2	(Unreleased Sound Effect/BGM)
3	蘭のテーマ （摩天楼ヴァージョン）	Ran no Tēma (Mantenrō Vājon)	Ran's Theme (Skyscraper ver.)	Detective Conan "The Time-Bombed Skyscraper" Original Soundtrack
4	新一の名推理	Shin'ichi no Meisuiri	Shinichi's Great Deduction	Detective Conan Original Soundtrack 3
5	事件現場 （オリジナルver.）	Jiken Genba (Orijinaru ver.)	Scene of the Case (Original ver.)	Detective Conan Original Soundtrack 2
6	推理 （オリジナルver.）	Suiri (Orijinaru ver.)	Deduction (Original ver.)	Detective Conan Original Soundtrack 2
7	犯人からの電話	Hannin Kara no Denwa	Phone Call From the Culprit	Detective Conan "The Time-Bombed Skyscraper" Original Soundtrack
8	爆弾処理	Bakudan Shori	Bomb Disposal	Detective Conan "The Time-Bombed Skyscraper" Original Soundtrack
9	西の名探偵 （摩天楼ヴァージョン）	Nishi no Meitantei (Mantenrō Vājon)	The Great Detective of the West (Skyscraper ver.)	Detective Conan "The Time-Bombed Skyscraper" Original Soundtrack
10	忍び寄る危機	Shinobiyoru Kiki	Incoming Crisis	Detective Conan "The Time-Bombed Skyscraper" Original Soundtrack
11	対決のテーマ （落ち着きver.）	Taiketsu no Tēma (Ochitsuki ver.)	Showdown Theme (Calm ver.)	Detective Conan Original Soundtrack 2
12	氷の上に立つように	Kōri no Ue ni Tatsu Yō ni	Like Standing on Ice	Kōri no Ue ni Tatsu Yō ni
13	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 ver.)	Detective Conan "The Time-Bombed Skyscraper" Original Soundtrack
14	事件解決（意気揚々ver.）	Jiken Kaiketsu (Ikiyōyō ver.)	Case Resolution (Triumphant ver.)	Detective Conan Original Soundtrack 2

In other languages

Language	Title	Translation
Arabic	همس الأمواج	Whisper of the waves
Catalan (Catalan dub)	El cas de l'assassinat de la platja blanca	The white beach murder case
Catalan (Valencian dub)	Assassinat a la platja d'arena blanca	Murder at the white sand beach
Chinese	白色海灘殺人事件	The White Sandy Beach Murder Case
French	Plage en deuil	Sorrow on the beach
Galician	Asasinato na praia de area branca	Murder at the white sand beach
German	Die Strömung bringt es an den Tag	The Current Reveals It
Italian	Il medico legale	The Coroner
Spanish (American dub)	Asesinato en la playa de arena blanca	Murder at the white sand beach
Spanish (Castilian dub)	El asesinato en la playa de arena blanca	Murder at the white sand beach
Thai	คดีฆาตกรรมบนชายหาดสีขาว	A murder case at a white sandy beach
Vietnamese	Vụ án giết người trên bãi cát trắng	The White Sandy Beach Murder Case

See also

• Season 5