Secret of the Tohto Film Development Studio
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| Episode 335-336 (Int. Episode {{{int-episode}}}) | |
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| Title: | Secret of the Tohto Film Development Studio |
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| Original airdate: | September 8, 2003 (Part 1) September 15, 2003 (Part 2) |
| Season: | 12 |
| Cast: | Conan Edogawa Ai Haibara Dr. Agasa |
| Case solved by: | Dr. Agasa (via Conan) |
Cast
Plot
Part 1
Yukiko brings Conan, Ai and the detective boys to watch a Kamen Yaiba movie preview. Once there, they find out the movie has been delayed to later that night. Yukiko having to leave to catch her flight to America, leaves the kids in the care of Akira Hojima, one of the four employees of the Kamen Yaiba film. Before leaving, Yukiko tells Conan to be careful of the black car that has been following them. Akira takes the kids to his apartments near the studio and invites his fellow employees to a game of Mahjong. While everyone is asleep, they are awakened by a scream and find the salesman Furumura Norihiro murdered with a knife. Conan wonders how the murder was done in an impossible to see darkness without making a sound in a messy room.
Part 2
The police investigate and find that Furumura's camera was turned on during the attack and reveals no suspicious sound was made. While the police suspect Akira to be the murderer, it is revealed the Akira and his two fellow employees have motives on murderer Furumura; Furumura ruined their previous film due to his careless handling of the negatives causing them a great loss in money to re-film the ruined sections. Conan calls Agasa over to reveal Akira as the murderer and to reveal Furumura's missing third shirt button had an important role in the murder. Later that day, the culprit returns to Akira's apartment to return the missing button. The police and Agasa appear revealing it was a set up to reveal the culprit to be the employee Yoshikiko Negami. Conan using his voice changing bow-tie voices through Agasa that Yoshikiko using fluorescent tape was able to cross the messy room quietly and with fluorescent paint covering Furumura's third button, was able to stab him in the heart. Yoshikiko confesses and reveals that the parts of the film Furumura ruined could never be re-filmed as one of the main side actors died. When the black car stalking them passes by, Conan reveals to Haibara he called Takagi to give the stalkers test on their blood alcohol content. Since the stalker is smoking, it means they lost track of them.
