The Legend of the Mysterious Five Storied Pagoda

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Episode 159-160 (Int. Episode {{{int-episode}}})
Information
Title:	The Legend of the Mysterious Five Storied Pagoda
Japanese title:	怪奇五重塔伝説 (Kaiki Gojūnotō Densetsu)
Original airdate:	September 6, 1999 (Part 1) September 13, 1999 (Part 2)
Broadcast rating:	19.3% 17.7%
Filler case:	#59
Season:	6
Manga source:	TV Original
Case
Cast:	Conan Edogawa Kogoro Mouri Ran Mouri Sango Yokomizo Unnamed officer
Case solved by:	Kogoro Mouri (via Conan)
Next Conan's Hint:	Rope (Part 1) Wallet (Part 2)
Staff
Director:	Yasuichiro Yamamoto Kenji Kodama
Screenplay:	Kenji Saito
Storyboard:	Kenji Kodama
Episode director:	159 Kazuo Nogami 160 Kouichi Sasaki
Animation director:	159 Hirobi Muranaka 160 Masayuki Hiraoka
Voice Cast: Minami Takayama as Conan Edogawa, Next Conan's Hint Wakana Yamazaki as Ran Mouri, Next Conan's Hint Akira Kamiya as Kogoro Mouri Akio Otsuka as Sango Yokomizo Yuji Fujishiro as Juukichi Okabe Takeshi Watabe as Tan Kai Tetsuo Kaneo as Yousuke Kajimura Masayuki Omoro as Hideaki Oda Kiyoyuki Yanada as Shun Kai Takashi Nagasako as Unnamed officer Isshin Chiba as Policeman A, Policeman C Sadao Nunome as Hotel boy, Policeman B Wataru Takagi as Next Conan's Hint
Music
Opening song:	Girigiri chop
Closing song:	Free Magic

The Legend of the Mysterious Five Storied Pagoda is the 159th and 160th episodes of the Detective Conan anime. In this case, Conan wins a contest to visit a temple with a beautiful pagoda that has a disturbingly morbid legend attached to it. While there, they learn that the pagoda is being sold and turned into an amusement park by a greedy hotel owner. That owner is found hanging from the pagoda overnight. Was it a suicide? Conan doesn't think so, as there may be more to this case than meets the eye...

Cast

Characters
Conan Edogawa Kogoro Mouri Ran Mouri Sango Yokomizo Unnamed officer

Gadgets

Gadgets
Voice-Changing Bowtie Stun-Gun Wristwatch Button Speaker

Case

Situation

Part 1

Conan, Ran, and Kogoro win a sightseeing trip after Conan solved puzzles for a contest that Ran submitted. While there, Kogoro starts to smoke and is interrupted by Okabe, a laborer of the temple. Ran impresses Okabe with her appreciative comments and is invited, along with Kogoro and Conan, to see the temple. Okabe tells them the legend of the pagoda, where those who have been bad or have evil souls are mysteriously punished by being found hanging from the top of the pagoda. The tour is interrupted by an angry Tan Kai, who Okabe explains is upset because the ODA Company had deceived him into stealing his pagoda to tear it down and build an amusement park in its place. In the evening, Conan, Kogoro, and Ran are invited by Oda to dinner since they are staying at Oda's Hotel and because of Kogoro's famous reputation. Kajimura is there as well, and introduces himself before he is made to leave for Tokyo for business. Shun Kai, Tan Kai's son, visits Oda during their dinner and tells Oda he won't give up getting the pagoda back for his father. The next morning, Okabe wakes everyone up and takes them to the temple again, where Oda is found hanging from the roof as the legend foretold.

Suicide?
	Location: A Pagoda Victim: Hideaki Oda Age: 56 years old Cause of death: Hanging Suspects: Juukichi Okabe, Tan Kai, Yousuke Kajimura, and Shun Kai Hideaki Oda, the president of ODA Company was found hanging from the roof of the pagoda the morning after meeting Kogoro, Ran, and Conan, as described by the Legend of the Pagoda.

People

Juukichi Okabe
	55 years old Pagoda laborer

Tan Kai
	64 years old Pagoda abbot

Yousuke Kajimura
	43 years old ODA Hotel general manager ODA Sightseeing senior employee

Hideaki Oda
	Victim (hanged) 56 years old ODA Company president

Shun Kai
	26 years old Tan Kai's son Pagoda monk

Resolution

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• Evidence
  • Oda was called to meet outside by a suspect the night he died.
  • Conan noticed that the balustrade used to tie the end of the rope was damaged.
  • The rope used to hang Oda had burn marks on all over it even though it looked new.
  • Oda's feet did not reach the balustrade. This leads Conan to believe that Oda might have been murdered rather than committing suicide, since he couldn’t kill himself if he couldn't reach the balustrade.
  • Oda's tie clip and wallet were not found on his body. Conan inspected the body further and found dirt that smelled like herbs on Oda’s ** sleeve and soil on the heels of his feet. Conan looked around and found the necktie clip in a patch of nearby grass.
  • Conan mentions that one of the suspects said something strange.
  • Conan notices a slipknot tied where the end of the rope was tied to the balustrade.
  • Kajimura suspiciously had a lot of money in his wallet, as Oda did before he died. Kajimura said his wallet was different and had a lot of ** money because it was the company's pay-day.
  • Conan looked inside a nearby, dried-up well and saw something in it. The edges of the well had new marks of friction on it. There was a line imprinted on the grass leading from the well to the pagoda.

• Method

Conan used the Shizuoka Police's help to demonstrate the method. Before the murder, one end of the rope was tied in a noose with the rest of the rope hung over the pagoda. The other end was threaded through the balustrade, extended to the ground, and tied to short steel beams over the well. The steel beams were sitting on top of a strong iron bar that could be pulled with another rope tied to the bar. When Oda came to the pagoda at night, the murderer slipped the noose around his neck and pulled the rope tied to the iron bar at the same time, causing the steel beams to fall and Oda to be pulled up to the top of the pagoda. To make sure Oda did not remove the noose from his neck, the criminal tripped Oda which is why Oda had soil on his sleeves and shoes and his necktie clip had fallen. The burn marks seen on the rope and damage to the balustrade were from the rope being pulled against the top of the pagoda and the balustrade.

The criminal had to cut and hide the rope, but Inspector Yokomizo questioned how one person could have done this since Oda had weighed about 100kg (about 220 pounds) and cutting the rope would have made him fall back down. Conan asked a police officer to show that a small rod could be put through the loop of the slipknot to hold the rope in place as the other end is cut. The criminal then tied the cut end of the rope on the outside of the balustrade through the slipknot and taut rope and removed the rod. The murderer hid the slack rope still tied to the steel beams at the bottom of the well with the beams to make it look like Oda killed himself.

• Conclusion

Conan deduced Yousuke Kajimura was the murderer which was supported by the fact that Kajimura was a senior employee of ODA Sightseeing and could receive blueprints of the pagoda, thereby knowing how tall the pagoda was and how much rope to use. Conan knew that the decisive evidence against Kajimura was in wallet. During the previous night, Oda's waiter gave him a receipt for a pack of cigarettes which Oda placed in the midst of a stack of bills in his wallet, unbeknownst to Kajimura. This same receipt was found in Kajimura's wallet, which Kajimura should not have had since he said he was in Tokyo that night and could not have met Oda.

• Motive

ODA company had been in loss lately and Oda made Kajimura evade taxes to preserve its finances. When Oda wanted to avoid being found out, he wanted to expose Kajimura and shoulder all the blame on him, even though he did so much for the company.

BGM listing

Part 1

#	Song Title	Romaji	Translation	OST
1	ギリギリchop	Girigiri chop	On the edge chop	Girigiri chop
2	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 Version)	Detective Conan "The Time-Bombed Skyscraper" Original Soundtrack
3	忍び寄る影	Shinobiyoru Kage	Creeping Shadow	Detective Conan Original Soundtrack 3
4	想い出 （摩天楼ヴァージョン）	Omoide (Mantenrō Vājon)	Memories (Skyscraper Version)	Detective Conan "The Time-Bombed Skyscraper" Original Soundtrack
5	新一の名推理	Shin'ichi no Meisuiri	Shinichi's Great Deduction	Detective Conan Original Soundtrack 3
6	ターゲット サスペンスＤ	Tāgetto Sasupensu D	Target Suspense D	Detective Conan "The Fourteenth Target" Original Soundtrack
7	事件現場 （謎ver.）	Jiken Genba (Nazo ver.)	Scene of the Case (Mystery ver.)	Detective Conan Original Soundtrack 2
8	悪のテーマ （パート２）	Aku no Tēma (Pāto 2)	Theme of Evil (Part 2)	Detective Conan Original Soundtrack 2
9	犯人のアジト （忍び込みver.）	Hannin no Ajito (Shinobikomi ver.)	The Culprit's Hideout (Creeping In ver.)	Detective Conan Original Soundtrack 2
10	犯人の謎	Hannin no Nazo	The Mystery of the Culprit	Detective Conan "The Fourteenth Target" Original Soundtrack
11	怪人包帯男２	Kaijin Hōtai Otoko 2	The Mysterious Bandaged Man 2	Detective Conan Original Soundtrack 3
12	Free Magic	Free Magic	Free Magic	Free Magic

Part 2

#	Song Title	Romaji	Translation	OST
1	ギリギリchop	Girigiri chop	On the edge chop	Girigiri chop
2	謎解き （その２）	Nazotoki (Sono 2)	Riddle Solution (Part 2)	Detective Conan Original Soundtrack 3
3	新一の名推理	Shin'ichi no Meisuiri	Shinichi's Great Deduction	Detective Conan Original Soundtrack 3
4	悪のテーマ （パート２）	Aku no Tēma (Pāto 2)	Theme of Evil (Part 2)	Detective Conan Original Soundtrack 2
5	沈む夕陽	Shizumu Yūhi	Depressing Sunset	Detective Conan Original Soundtrack 1
6	捜査開始	Sōsa Kaishi	The Investigation Begins	Detective Conan Original Soundtrack 3
7	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
8	陰謀	Inbō	Conspiracy	Detective Conan Original Soundtrack 3
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 Version)	Detective Conan "The Time-Bombed Skyscraper" Original Soundtrack
10	悪のテーマ （パート２）	Aku no Tēma (Pāto 2)	Theme of Evil (Part 2)	Detective Conan Original Soundtrack 2
11	忍び寄る影	Shinobiyoru Kage	Creeping Shadow	Detective Conan Original Soundtrack 3
12	トリック	Torikku	Trick	Detective Conan "The Fourteenth Target" Original Soundtrack
13	殺意	Satsui	Murderous Intent	Detective Conan "The Fourteenth Target" Original Soundtrack
14	それいけコナン （哀愁ヴァージョン）	Soreike Konan (Aishū Vājon)	Let's Go Conan (Sorrow Version)	Detective Conan Original Soundtrack 1
15	Free Magic	Free Magic	Free Magic	Free Magic
16	蘭のテーマ	Ran no Tēma	Ran's Theme	Detective Conan Original Soundtrack 1

In other languages

Language	Title	Translation
Catalan	La misteriosa llegenda de la pagoda
French	La Légénde de la mystérieuse cinquième pagode	The Legend of the Mysterious Fifth Pagoda
Galician	A lenda do misterioso pagode de cinco pisos
German	Der Fluch der Pagode	The Curse of the Pagoda
Italian	La leggenda del tempio	The Legend of the Pagoda
Spanish	La escalofriante leyenda de la pagoda de cinco pisos
Vietnamese	Truyền thuyết về ngôi chùa 5 tầng	The Legend of the Five Storied Pagoda

See also

• Season 6