Private Eye in the Distant Sea

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Movie 17
Official trailer
Information
Title:	Private Eye in the Distant Sea
Japanese Title:	名探偵コナン 絶海の探偵 (Meitantei Konan Zekkai no Puraibēto Ai)
Original airdate:	April 20, 2013
Case
Cast:	Conan Edogawa Ran Mouri Kogoro Mouri Shinichi Kudo Sonoko Suzuki Professor Agasa Ai Haibara Detective Boys Kazuha Toyama Heiji Hattori Fumimaro Ayanokoji Ginshiro Toyama Goro Otaki Heizo Hattori Inspector Megure Wataru Takagi Miwako Sato
Case solved by:	Kogoro Mouri (via Conan)
Staff
Voice Cast: Minami Takayama as Conan Edogawa Wakana Yamazaki as Ran Mouri Mouri Kogoro] as Rikiya Koyama Kappei Yamaguchi as Shinichi Kudo Chafurin as Inspector Megure Ikue Ohtani as Mitsuhiko Tsuburaya Kenichi Ogata as Professor Agasa Megumi Hayashibara as Ai Haibara Wataru Takagi as Genta Kojima, Wataru Takagi Yukiko Iwai as Ayumi Yoshida
Music
Theme song:	One More Time
Collectibles
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Private Eye in the Distant Sea is the 17th movie in the Detective Conan franchise. It was released in Japan on April 20, 2013. The movie is based on the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force.

Cast

Characters
Conan Edogawa Shinichi Kudo (flashback) Ran Mouri Kogoro Mouri Professor Agasa Ai Haibara Ayumi Yoshida Mitsuhiko Tsuburaya Genta Kojima Sonoko Suzuki Heiji Hattori Kazuha Toyama Inspector Megure Wataru Takagi Miwako Sato Heizo Hattori Ginshiro Toyama Goro Otaki Fumimaro Ayanokoji Detective Kurumazaki

Gadgets

Gadgets
Voice-Changing Bowtie Power-Enhancing Kick Shoes Telescopic Lenses Button Speaker Microphone Stun-Gun Wristwatch Anywhere Ball Dispensing Belt

Case

Situation

At Maizuru Bay, on the dawn of April 20, a coast guard named Masaaki Kurata finds a suspicious boat during his patrol. Upon examining the inside of the boat, he discovers some explosives and immediately reports this to the Wakasa Coast Guard. The discovery quickly hits the news reports, where is it revealed that the boat contains data and components not found in Japan. It's also believed to have entered Japan illegally.

Attempted Bombing?
	Location: Inside a suspicious boat located at a coast in Maizuru Bay Time: April 20

On the same morning, Conan Edogawa, Ran and Kogoro Mouri, Sonoko Suzuki and the Detective Boys board an Aegis Destroyer warship, Hotaka, to experience public military exercises after they've won the tickets. Before getting aboard, Conan receives a call from Professor Agasa, who's currently in Osaka together with Ai Haibara for a conference, via the newly added satellite-phone on his Stun-Gun Wristwatch. The professor wants to test if the new gadget is working properly, but doesn't forget to leave a quiz for the children before hanging up.

After boarding the ship, the participants are gathered at a meeting room. While the Chief Navigator Fumitada Inoue is explaining about the exercise schedule, Ran mentions that her watch was broken and sent to be repaired. Mitsuhiko then lends her his waterproof radio-controlled watch, which sets itself at 5Am and 5PM every day according to radio transmitters. Suddenly, they hear a strange loud sound. Fumitada explains that it was just the sound of the pumping system operating, however, Conan wonders whether that was really the case.

The participants are guided into the ship's Combat Information Center (CIC), where they are to witness a simulated anti-air combat. However, after having "shot down" the two set-up targets, the guards continue to detect a sonar response. An unidentified target of unknown nationality is slowly approaching the ship. The tactical action officer quickly reports this to their captain, Yukio Tateishi, who orders them to search for the target with all radars, before heading to the CIC himself. Following him is a female Self-Defense Force (SDF) member, Nanami Fujii. The civilian participants are generally impressed by the realistic and tense atmosphere of the training, only Conan realizes that they're truly under attack. Yukio instructs the crews to prepare for an anti-submarine combat. They decide to fire a torpedo towards the unknown object. The ship is slightly hit with the shockwave caused by the impact. Conan then notices a sick boy with no accompanying adult. The crews are relieved that their target is nothing but a shipwreck. Fumitada announces to the participants that the "exercises" are now over.

The participants arrive at the deck during free time. Conan sees the boy from before, who is called "Yuuki-kun" by a man nearby. Conan wonders if the man is Yuuki's father, and finds it suspicious that he didn't notice the shock, and wouldn't show himself until after the free time had started. He decides to follow the two, only to be stopped by Kogoro. Conan then notices the female SDF member, Nanami Fujii, who's also on the deck at the time. Conan borrows Mitsuhiko's camera and begs Nanami to take a group photo with them, attempting to get a close-up shot of her. When asked about her specific work on the ship, Nanami answers that she only cooks everyone's meal, a lie that Conan can easily perceive due to her captain-ranked insignia. Before Nanami leaves, Kogoro reaches for one of his flashy business card as he wants to hand it to her himself. Unfortunately, the detective's clumsiness causes the cards to fly all around them. They have to pick the cards up and give them to Ran.

Conan borrows Mitsuhiko's camera again and runs off to a corner. He gives Agasa a call via the satellite-phone and asks him to investigate Nanami basing on the picture that he sent to Haibara's phone, specifically from which department does the SDF come from. The ship crews detect a satellite transmission from the right side of the deck, where Conan was calling Agasa. They suspects that "X" is among the civilians. When one of the guides is introducing the ship's radar which can cover over 450km, Conan sees some crew members checking his previous hiding spot. He wonders whether they have found out about the call, or it was actually something else.

Conan plans to chase after the crew members with the excuse of "going to the toilet", but Ran doesn't trust him and suggests that the two go together. On the way, Ran mentions that she almost got lost earlier, which reminds Conan that Ran isn't always good with directions. He remembers the time when Ran also got lost at Tropical Land. However, she wasn't afraid of getting lost again, because she knew that Shinichi would always find her, as he's a great detective; to which Shinichi replied: "Don't you worry! I'll always find you, wherever you are."

Unsurprising to Conan, Ran gets lost again as their path was blocked with a forbidden sign. Suddenly, they hear a scream coming from a room beyond the limit. Upon arriving, they see a human arm wearing SDF's Lieutenant uniform on the table. They advise the crew members to consult Kogoro.

In Osaka, Heiji gets a call from Conan, who informs him of the situation. He, together with Kazuha, heads off to Maizuru. The ship crews detect Conan's satellite signal again but doesn't find any transmitter. It is then that he learns of the person with the codename "X". Unfortunately, Conan's phone rings again as he receives a call from Agasa, who's about to inform him that their search for Nanami didn't find any match. However, he manages to hide before the crew members discover him. Conan then looks for a different method of communication, and he comes across a room with strong magnetic field.

Meanwhile, back in the CIC, Hotaka's Captain Yukio Tateishi and Captain Makoto Sekiguchi from the Wakasa Military Police discuss the case with Kogoro and Ran. Kogoro deduces that the arm wasn't cut off by a sharp blade and was removed post-mortem. As it was found inside the pumping system's filter, they conclude that the arm was sucked in by the pumping system and got stuck in the filter, making the loud sound from earlier. Yukio hesitantly reveals that the arm probably belongs to Lt. Sasaura from the Wakasa base, whose whereabouts is currently unknown.

Murder
	Location: Maizuru District Victim: Yousuke Sasaura Cause of death: Drowned Suspects: Spy "X." Self-Defense Force member Yousuke Sasaura's body is found, minus his left arm, which was found earlier.

Attempted Murder
	Victim: Heiji Hattori Culprit: Takekawa Takekawa attempts to shoot Kazuha, but Heiji intervenes and is wounded.

People

Fumitada Inoue
	Self-Defense Force member Hotaka's navigator

Yukio Tateishi
	Self-Defense Force member Hotaka's captain

Nanami Fujii
	Self-Defense Force member

Makoto Sekiguchi
	Self-Defense Force member

Yousuke Sasaura
	Victim (drowned) Self-Defense Force member

Yuuki Amemiya
	Boy

Mr. Amemiya
	Yuuki's father

Masaaki Kurata
	Wakasa coast guard

Tsutomu Munekawa
	Wakasa coast guard

Takekawa
	Infiltrator

Juugo Sakuma
	Hotaka's tactical action officer

Masashi Nozubara

Yamato Kishi
	Hotaka's CIC radio operator

Hajime Maruyama
	Hotaka's CIC radio operator

Akira Matoba

Yuusaku Ajitani

Munenori Hata

Yuuji Abiko
	Hotaka's security guard

Hayato Watanabe
	Hotaka's security guard

Keita Sawamura
	Hotaka's engineer

Resolution

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The man who claims to be Yuuki Amemiya's father actually isn't and is Spy X. Sasaura is his accomplice. While fighting X, Ran is thrown into the sea.

Attempted Murder
	Location: Hotaka's deck Victim: Ran Mouri Culprit: Spy "X."

Sasaura's death was an accident. He slipped into the ocean and drowned after being chased by Masaaki Kurata, who thought he was someone suspicious. After Kurata is arrested, Yuki reunites with his real father. Fuji asks Conan who he really is, but Conan simply replies he is just an elementary school student.

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Trivia

• 'Private Eye in the Distant Sea' is currently the highest grossing film in the Detective Conan franchise grossing up to 3,509,406,150 yen.

See also

• Movies
• The Missing Sweets in the Old Shop