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 (Meitantei Konan Meikyū no Kurosuroodo)
Original airdate:	April 19, 2003
Case
Cast:	Conan Edogawa Ran Mouri Heiji Hattori Kazuha Toyama Sonoko Suzuki Shinichi Kudo Kogoro Mouri Professor Agasa Ai Haibara Detective Boys Ninzaburo Shiratori Goro Otaki Inspector Megure Wataru Takagi Miwako Sato Fumimaro Ayanokoji
Case solved by:	Conan Edogawa/Shinichi Kudo Heiji Hattori
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Characters introduced

Fumimaro Ayanokoji
	26 years old Inspector from Kyoto Police District

Cast

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

Gadgets

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

Case

Situation

It starts in a past where the little girl is bouncing the little ball under the cherry blossom tree while singing a song. Heiji was in love with her after he saw her playing outside a temple when he was little.

In the present at Beika Station, Conan (using Shinichi's voice) is talking to Ran on the phone. Conan said he's been pretty busy working on the case and Ran told Conan (as Shinichi) to be careful because there's going to be a cold weather. Kogoro is singing while being drunk. He's singing about Yoshinoyama which refers to a play written about two characters in Japanese history. Minamoto Yoshitsune and his concubine, Shizuka Gozen. They separated when Yoshitsune's brother pressed him to flee to northern Japan.

That night in Tokyo - Nishikuni Tachi City, they were three men waiting for a person called Benkei. Suddenly, the mysterious masked samurai appeared and got the bow and arrow to get ready to shoot at someone. He shoots the arrow and kills the man.

Murder
	Location: Tokyo - Nishikuni Tachi City Victim: Hachiro Kataoka Cause of death: Arrow shot wound Suspects: Benkei

The samurai got the sword and slashes two other men in cold blood.

Murder
	Location: Tokyo - Nishikuni Tachi City Victim: Shichiro Washino Cause of death: Slash wound Suspects: Benkei

Murder
	Location: Tokyo - Nishikuni Tachi City Victim: Rokuro Kamei Cause of death: Slash wound Suspects: Benkei

After that, he collected the books and the mysterious code papers from the victims. Benkei now fled the crime scene. In Osaka at "Tokohei" restaurant, he stabbed the owner which is one of Heiji's friends.

Murder
	Location: "Tokohei" restaurant in Osaka Victim: Heishiro Bizen Cause of death: Stab wound Suspects: Benkei

He got the same book and the mysterious code paper just like the previous victims had. Later at early dawn in Kyoto, he kills the man and got another same book and the mysterious code paper. He now fled the crime scene.

Murder
	Location: "Snack Jiro" in Kyoto Victim: Jiro Suruga Cause of death: Slash wound Suspects: Benkei

Several days later at the Tokyo Metropolitan Police Headquarters, Inspector Megure and the two other policemen from Osaka and Kyoto are having a conversation to the press talking about the wanted criminal. The police confirmed that they're one of the members of the robbery group called the Genjibotaru. The Genjibotaru has been stealing the famous Buddha statues. Their activities have been centered in Tokyo, Osaka, and Kyoto since the year of 1991. Their members are named after servants of Yoshitsune, holding the books called the Yoshitsune Chronicles.

Attempted Murder
	Location: Tree near the Immobile Hall of Sougyougatani Victim: Heiji Hattori Suspects: Benkei

Murder
	Location: Storage room in the teahouse Victim: Shozo Sakura Cause of death: Slit wound on the throat

Attempted Murder
	Location: Road and forest near the train Victim: Heiji Hattori Suspects: Benkei

People

Rokuro Kamei
	Victim (slashed) 35 years old

Shichiro Washino
	Victim (slashed) 35 years old

Hachiro Kataoka
	Victim (arrow shot) 34 years old

Heishiro Bizen
	Victim (stabbed) 35 years old

Jiro Suruga
	Victim (slashed) 32 years old

Ryuen
	34 years old Monk of Sanno Temple

Enkai
	65 years old Chief priest of Sanno Temple

Shozo Sakura
	Victim (throat slit) 51 years old Antique arts dealer

Shuntaro Mizuo
	33 years old Noh performer

Taiga Saijo
	35 years old Used book store owner

Tae Yamakura
	52 years old Mistress of Tea House in Miyagawacho

Suzu Chika
	19 years old Dancer

Kayo Ichi
	Geisha

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 violet which is "Ogawa Avenue" from the song 'Haru no Ogawa' The tengu is represented in "Karasuma Avenue" The character "fu" is "tomi" so it is "Tominokouji Avenue" for Mt. Fuji The loach is related to "Yana gawa nabe", which represents "Yanaginobanba Avenue" The chicken is "Nishinotouin Avenue" For the cicada there's an "abura semi" which relates to "Aburanokouji Avenue" The tengu again represents "Karasuma Avenue" The goldfish has something to do with "fu", so it is "Fuyachou Avenue" They connected the purple colored violet and Mt. Fuji , the chicken to loach, cicada to goldfish, and both tengu's, it would mean "king". Then they figured out the small dash was also a symbol. Tama can be read as Gyoku, jewels. The dash points to Bukkou Temple. They stop at Rokakku Building for a some rest. Conan tells Heiji that the temple he snuck into was Sannou Temple, because of the blossoms, and the latticed window he mentioned. He also breaks the news that the crystal ball he treasures so much wasn't from the girl he saw, but from the Buddha statue's Byakugou. He reasons that the robbery group Genjibotaru snuck into Sannou temple eight years ago and stole it. While exiting the crystal fell to the floor. Yoshtsune soon noticed it and sent a member of the group to find it. But as he was about to get it, he saw Heiji standing next to the sakura tree where it fell. The leader stored the statue, and later found out the boy was him because of the article. Around the same time or close to it, the leader died, but hid the statue's location. On his death bed he gave the seven men clues to the whereabouts of the statue. Whoever found the statue would be the new leader of the group. After death the servants weren't able to figure it out, and so Sakura enlisted help from another member because of his skill as a swordsman. And when they find the statue they split the profit from selling it. However Sakura felt he was safe as he held access to the routes of the black market. The killer hid his true intentions and agreed, soon killing all the members of the group and take all the treasure.

Kazuha is kidnapped by the murderer because Heiji is too injured to do anything. The only way Kazuha will be let go is if Heiji himself goes and rescues her.Heiji comes in and takes the crystal from his pocket. He says that he attacked Sakura at the tea house in Hontochou. It wasn't Giyon or Miyagawachou because the tea house had a river behind it. He took the Sakura's copy of the photo in his pocket and put it in a terminal. One that security companies use for thefts and lost individuals, and put in the weapon in a plastic bottle and threw it in the Misogigawa river. Later, he accessed the security company's website to find the bottles location, which was recovered later.

Conan finds a way to turn back into Shinichi. The culprit is revealed to be Taiga Saijo. Shinichi disguises himself to look like Heiji in order to rescue Kazuha. However, the rescue goes wrong and Shinichi ends up unable to fight because the antidote was only temporary. The real Heiji shows up and fights the men that are coming after him and Kazuha.

Shinichi runs into Ran while and has to use his tranquilizer watch to knock her out as he turns back into Conan. He goes back to the scene of the fight where Heiji and the culprit are fighting on a roof. The now-released Kazuha and Conan take out a few of their foes and Conan kicks a soccer ball at Heiji's opponent, giving Heiji an opportunity to win the fight.

In the very end, Heiji realizes Kazuha was his first love when she starts singing the song that he heard the girl at the temple sing back when he was young and also tells him about the time she went to Kyoto with him. Ran also learns that Shinichi being there with her wasn't a dream when Conan uses a trick to make the sweat she wiped off Shinichi's face appear on her handkerchief.

Trivia

• Heishiro Bizen from Conan, Heiji, and the Vanished Boy appeared again, but got killed by Benkei.
• This is the first movie not to be dubbed by FUNimation.

See also

• Movies