The Historical Actor Murder Case

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Episode 102-103 (Int. Episode {{{int-episode}}})
Information
Title:	The Historical Actor Murder Case
Japanese title:	時代劇俳優殺人事件 (Jidaigeki Haiyū Satsujin Jiken)
Original airdate:	May 25, 1998 (Part 1) June 1, 1998 (Part 2)
Broadcast rating:	17.7% 17.6%
Manga case:	#49
Season:	4
Manga source:	Volume 17: File 10 (170) ~ Volume 18: File 2 (172)
English version
English title:	Fame and Misfortune
Dubbed episode:	Episode 108-109
Case
Cast:	Conan Edogawa Kogoro Mouri Ran Mouri Juzo Megure Wataru Takagi Officer Tome Forensic member
Case solved by:	Kogoro Mouri (via Conan)
Next Conan's Hint:	Telephone (Part 1) Tea (Part 2)
Staff
Director:	Kenji Kodama
Organizer:	102 Johei Matsuura 103 Kenji Kodama
Storyboard:	102 Johei Matsuura 103 Kenji Kodama
Episode director:	102 Johei Matsuura 103 Kazuo Nogami
Animation director:	102 Atsushi Aono 103 Hiromi Muranaka
Voice Cast: Minami Takayama as Conan Edogawa Wakana Yamazaki as Ran Mouri Akira Kamiya as Kogoro Mouri Chafurin as Juzo Megure Wataru Takagi as Wataru Takagi, Next Conan's Hint Toshihiko Nakajima as Officer Tome, Receptionist, Reporter B Kenji Utsumi as Kozaburo Hijikata Sachi Asakura as Isami Nagakura Kihachiro Uemura as Hajime Okita Isshin Chiba as Forensics officer, Reporter A Yasuhiro Takato as Reporter C Naoki Makishima as Reporter D
Music
Opening song:	Unmei no Roulette Mawashite
Closing song:	Negai Goto Hitotsu Dake

Cast

Characters
Conan Edogawa Kogoro Mouri Ran Mouri Juzo Megure Wataru Takagi Officer Tome Forensic member

Gadgets

Gadgets
Voice-Changing Bowtie Stun-Gun Wristwatch

Case

Situation

Part 1

When a famous samurai movie star, Kozaburo Hijikata, hires Kogoro for some consultations, the group is led to believe that he wants to learn about detective work for an upcoming TV series where he is to star as a detective. However, rumors of an affair between his beautiful and much younger wife Isami Nagakura and stunt actor Hajime Okita can't help but lead Conan to doubt the reason. When Isami is found dead on Okita's balcony, the group believes it is an open and shut case, but Conan doubts the authenticity when he sees a big smile form on Hijikata's face. Which side is truly right?

Murder
	Location: Okita's balcony Victim: Isami Nagakura Age: 38 years old Cause of death: Garrote wire strangling Suspects: Hajime Okita

Part 2

Kogoro tells the media all of the current suspicions so Inspector Megure and Detective Takagi can sneak Hijikata and Okita out the backdoor for questioning, but before doing so Conan goes up to the sixth floor to try and find some evidence that his suspicion of Hijikata being the killer is accurate. In the end one truth as always will prevail, but which side is truly innocent here?

People

Kozaburo Hijikata
	51 years old Actor

Hajime Okita
	29 years old Actor

Isami Nagakura
	Victim (strangled) 38 years old Actress Kozaburo's wife

Man
	Works at Front Desk

Policemen
	Policemen

Reporters
	Reporters

Resolution

  Show spoilers »

The culprit is Kozaburo Hijikata. Hijikata not only killed Isami since she cheated on him, but because of her life insurance which he needed to cash on due to his upcoming bankruptcy. As such, he purchased three apartments with exactly the same furnishing, but in different floors of the same building; via tampering a little with the elevator numbers, he managed to trick Conan, Kogoro, and Ran. To go to one of them when they meant to go to the other. Said apartment was right next to the one where Hijikata strangled Isami and left her body to be found; with another trick he made Isami's lifeless body fall in the balcony in front of everyone.

• Evidence

The proof that Conan needed was a prop pistol that Kogoro accidentally broke in one of the apartments, and which he hid under a couch pillow; finding it in the right place is what uncovers Hijikata's plans.

Translation changes

Anime

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

• Kozaburo Hijikata - Johnny Hijikata
• Hajime Okita - Harrison Blackwell
• Isami Nagakura - Isabel Nottingham

Trivia

• Each of the characters introduced in this case (Hijikata, Okita, and Isami) might be named after historical figures of the Shinsengumi: Hijikata Toshizō, Okita Sōji, and Kondō Isami respectively.
• The Forensic Member under characters appear to be the same Forensic Member in the following episodes.
  • A Stalker's Murder Case
  • Loan Company President's Murder Case
  • The Bank Heist Murder Case
  • General Hospital Murder Case
  • Man, who is also a Forensic Officer in The Third Fingerprint Murder Case
    • or at least they all look a lot alike.
• In Japanese, Mansion actually means Condominium or apartment.
• When Kogoro makes a comment to a suspect, that one guy always plays characters that defend justice, in comparison to the suspect he is talking to who only portrays robbers, spies, womanizers, and cool bad guys, and then remarks it's too good to be a coincidence, which forces Megure to also remark, "Well, I think the fact that your always at a murder scene is too good to be a coincidence."
• This is the first episode that a suspect was unable to hide a momentary smile long enough from Conan, which is what convinced Conan who the true culprit was.
• This is the episode that Conan mentioned that he thinks the deceased is a zombie, and why, and then he began hiding behind Ran.
• Interesting Note: Detective Takagi recognized a model gun, where Kogoro mistook it for a lighter, in the shape of a gun.
• This is the first trick where the culprit had a fake location trick for his witnesses.
• Interesting note: They may not be able to test for blood in the 6th floor apartment, however, since she died there, they could probably do a forensic urine test for more evidence that she died in that apartment.

BGM listing

Part 1

#	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	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
3	新一の名推理	Shin'ichi no Meisuiri	Shinichi's Great Deduction	Detective Conan Original Soundtrack 3
4	緊迫	Kinpaku	Tension	Detective Conan Original Soundtrack 2
5	怪人包帯男２	Kaijin Hōtai Otoko 2	The Mysterious Bandaged Man 2	Detective Conan Original Soundtrack 3
6	事件現場 （謎ver.）	Jiken Genba (Nazo ver.)	Scene of the Case (Mystery ver.)	Detective Conan Original Soundtrack 2
7	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
8	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
9	悪のテーマ （パート２）	Aku no Tēma (Pāto 2)	Theme of Evil (Part 2)	Detective Conan Original Soundtrack 2
10	爆破予告	Bakuha Yokoku	Bomb Warning	Detective Conan "The Time-Bombed Skyscraper" Original Soundtrack
11	願い事ひとつだけ	Negai Goto Hitotsu Dake	Just One Wish	Negai Goto Hitotsu Dake

Part 2

#	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	名探偵コナン・メインテーマ （摩天楼ヴァージョン）	Meitantei Konan・Mein Tēma (Mantenrō Vājon)	Detective Conan Main Theme (Skyscraper ver.)	Detective Conan "The Time-Bombed Skyscraper" Original Soundtrack
3	悪のテーマ （パート２）	Aku no Tēma (Pāto 2)	Theme of Evil (Part 2)	Detective Conan Original Soundtrack 2
4	コナンの危機	Konan no Kiki	Conan's Crisis	Detective Conan Original Soundtrack Super Best
5	コナンの危機	Konan no Kiki	Conan's Crisis	Detective Conan Original Soundtrack Super Best
6	怪人包帯男２	Kaijin Hōtai Otoko 2	The Mysterious Bandaged Man 2	Detective Conan Original Soundtrack 3
7	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
8	沈む夕陽	Shizumu Yūhi	Depressing Sunset	Detective Conan Original Soundtrack 1
9	怪人包帯男２	Kaijin Hōtai Otoko 2	The Mysterious Bandaged Man 2	Detective Conan Original Soundtrack 3
10	怪人包帯男１	Kaijin Hōtai Otoko 1	The Mysterious Bandaged Man 1	Detective Conan Original Soundtrack 3
11	瞳を閉じれば～蘭のテーマ～ （インストヴァージョン）	Hitomi o Tojireba ~ Ran no Tēma (Insuto Vājon)	If I Close My Eyes ~ Ran's Theme (Instrumental ver.)	Boku ga Iru ~ TV Anime "Detective Conan" Image Song Album
12	願い事ひとつだけ	Negai Goto Hitotsu Dake	Just One Wish	Negai Goto Hitotsu Dake
13	コナンの勝利	Konan no Shōri	Conan's Victory	Detective Conan Original Soundtrack 1

In other languages

Language	Title	Translation
Catalan (Catalan dub)	El cas de l'assassinat de l'actor de les pel·lícules de samurais	Samurai films actor murder case
Catalan (Valencian dub)	L'assassinat de l'actor samurai	Samurai actor murder
French	Le Meurtre de l'acteur des films de samouraï	The Murder of the Actor of the Samourai Movies
Galician	O asasinato do actor de películas de samurais	Samurai films actor murder
German	Eifersucht	Jealousy
Italian	L'illusionista	The Illusionist
Spanish (American dub)	El asesinato karateka	Karate practitioner murder
Spanish (Castilian dub)	El caso del actor Samurai	Samurai actor case
Thai	คดีฆาตกรรมดาราหนังย้อนยุค	Historical film actor murder case
Vietnamese	Vụ án mạng của diễn viên kịch lịch sử	The Historical Actor Murder Case

See also

• Season 4