The Night Before the Wedding Locked Room Case

Chronology
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Episode 141-142 (Int. Episode 151-152)
Information
Title:	The Night Before the Wedding Locked Room Case
Japanese title:	結婚前夜の密室事件 (Kekkon Zenya no Misshitsu Jiken)
Original airdate:	April 19, 1999 (Part 1) April 26, 1999 (Part 2)
Broadcast rating:	19.4% 18.7%
Manga case:	#61
Season:	4
Manga source:	Volume 21: File 11 (211) ~ Volume 22: File 3 (214)
Case
Cast:	Conan Edogawa Heiji Hattori Kogoro Mouri Ran Mouri Kazuha Toyama Juzo Megure Wataru Takagi Officer Tome Detective Yama Shizuka Hattori Reporter
Case solved by:	Conan Edogawa Heiji Hattori
Next Conan's Hint:	Pendant (Part 1) Bag (Part 2)
Staff
Director:	Yasuichiro Yamamoto Kenji Kodama (chief)
Organizer:	141: Yoshio Suzuki 142: Hirohito Ochi
Storyboard:	141: Yoshio Suzuki 142: Hirohito Ochi
Episode director:	141: Yoshio Suzuki 142: Hirohito Ochi
Animation director:	141: Izumi Shimura 142: Miwa Oshima
Character design:	Masatomo Sudo Miwa Oshima (sub-character) Yasuhiro Moriki (design works)
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 Ryo Horikawa as Heiji Hattori Yuko Miyamura as Kazuha Toyama Toshihiko Nakajima as Officer Tome Takao Ohyama as Mikio Morizono Keiko Fukushima as Yurie Morizono Yuji Takada as Kikuhito Morizono Ayako Kurosaki as Kaede Katagiri Ryuichi Horibe as Akio Shigematsu Naochika Hayashida as Yuji Sakuraba Sadao Nunome as Reporter A (Episode 141) Takayuki Inoue as Reporter B (Episode 141) Isshin Chiba as Servant (Episode 141), Detective (Episode 142)
Music
Opening song:	TRUTH ~A Great Detective of Love~
Closing song:	Still for your love

The Night Before the Wedding Locked Room Case (結婚前夜の密室事件 ,Kekkon Zenya no Misshitsu Jiken) is the 141st and 142nd episode of Detective Conan anime.

Cast

Characters
Conan Edogawa Heiji Hattori Kogoro Mouri Ran Mouri Kazuha Toyama Juzo Megure Wataru Takagi Officer Tome Detective Yama Shizuka Hattori (feet background) Reporter

Case

Situation

Part 1

Heiji and Kazuha visit Tokyo accompanied by Kogoro, Ran, and Conan. They run into the butler of Heiji's mother's late friend's family and are invited to their mansion. The son of the friend is getting married the next day. There a murder occurs and the butler is found dead in a locked room. It seems he was dragged to another room after being stabbed in the heart.

Murder
	Location: Morizono household Victim: Akio Shigematsu Age: 51 years old Cause of death: Stab wound Suspects: Kaede Katagiri, Yuji Sakuraba, Yurie Morizono, Mikio Morizono, and Kikuhito Morizono

Part 2

Continuing the investigation, Heiji proclaims the family servant was the murderer and he is taken away, screaming his innocence.

People

Akio Shigematsu
	Victim (stabbed) 51 years old Morizono family steward

Kaede Katagiri
	22 years old Kikuhito's fiancé

Yuji Sakuraba
	23 years old Morizono family servant

Yurie Morizono
	28 years old Eldest Morizono daughter

Mikio Morizono
	57 years old Morizono family head

Kikuhito Morizono
	26 years old Eldest Morizono son

Mrs. Morizono
	Deceased (car accident) 38 years old (4 years ago) Michio's wife Yurie and Kikuhito's mother Shizuka's classmate

Rebecca
	Morizono family's cat

Reporter
	Nichiuri TV reporter

Reporter B
	Nichiuri TV reporter

Resolution

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Heiji and Conan start their deduction. They revealed that the culprit is Sakuraba. With the help of string with a loop and a bit of cellotape, the culprit can create a locked room murder. When Sakuraba hit Kikuhito, he broke some glass off the window behind the body. The window has also a small hole. First, he fastened the loop to the window's lock, put the broken piece back, and pull the string through it. Then, he went to the balcony with the window unlocked and pulled the string gently so the lock slides to the left slightly and locking the window. Then, he pulled the string harder so the string is undone from the tape. The string is pulled outside and the room, because the door at the entrance was also locked, is assumed to be a locked room. Sakuraba hit Kikuhito so that he would hit the window and break the glass so the evidence would disappear. Heiji told them that Sakuraba ran away using the balcony. He get down to the next floor using it. It is impossible for Mikio to do that because he has a hurt leg. Kaede and Yurie wear unsuitable clothes so it would be impossible for them either. As for Kikuhito, he has a terrible fear of heights. Only one person remains and that is Sakuraba. He can also climb a tree with ease so it would be easy for him to ran away using the balcony. Heiji then points out that Sakuraba and Kaede were secretly lovers. He also reveals that Sakuraba couldn't forgive Shigematsu for arranging the marriage between Kaede and Kikuhito so he killed him. As for evidence, Heiji found a shirt covered in blood to which Sakuraba belongs to. Sakuraba is soon arrested. However, the murder weapon is still missing.

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The real culprit is revealed to be Kikuhito Morizono. Heiji and Conan fake him out by stating Sakuraba is the criminal, and have Kikuhito recover the bundle of murder discovered by Heiji and Conan eairlier. The trick explained earlier was not really used. The proof is the presence of bloodstains on the lock but absence of it in the balcony. Actually, there were no tricks used, since, in reality, Kikuhito was there in the room all the time. Conan joins the deduction show and points out that Kikuhito were hiding behind the left curtain in the room next to the one where the body was found. That's why the shutters was closed, so that no one could see from the outside that he were hiding behind the curtains. He also switched the lights off and dragged the body from one room to another, leaving a bloody trail. This way, after forcing the door open, they would logically follow the trail to the next room and their attention was focused on the corpse. After that, Kikuhito came out from behind the curtains and joined the people who had gathered at the scene while pretending to be innocent. He put the cat in the room so as to make Sakuraba's alibi fragile. He knew his father would ask Sakuraba to find the cat if it was missing. The blood-splattered shirt was one he had stolen from Sakuraba. He rolled the shirt around the murder weapon and the gloves together and throwed them through the window. He broke the window with the chair to get their attention and have them found the body. The tools he threw ended up stuck in the tree so the police can't find it. Since his afraid of heights and he needs to get rid of the murder weapon, he didn't have a choice so he threw it.

Motive

Kikuhito admitted the crime. He said that Shigematsu was blackmailing him to cancel the wedding. If he didn't cancel the wedding, Shigematsu will tell his father about his company's bad payments. That's why he killed his butler, so his secret will not be found out and to prevent future blackmailing. He wanted to put the blame on Sakuraba, who stole his fiancee. However, the truth is Sakuraba didn't steal her. Kaede always came there to see him. Shigematsu, thought she was there for Kikuhito, arranged the marriage. He was wrong, just as Kikuhito's father was long ago. He never mentioned it because he didn't dare, thinking of the shock it would cause him. Furthermore, he was the one who united them. Shigematsu didn't want to blackmail him. He only wanted him to renounce the wedding so Kaede and Sakuraba could be together, so that couple wouldn't have to endure the same circumstance as he had long ago.

Afterward

Afterward at the train station, Ran pulls in Kazuha wearing a striped blouse that matches with Heiji's striped jacket. Where Kazuha gets too flustered and goes to change, Heiji stops her and says it's fine and that "and being this way..." Kazuha, blushing, stops and looks at him, but Heiji finishes that they look like brother and sister.

BGM listing

Part 1

#	Song Title	Romaji	Translation	OST
1	TRUTH ~A Great Detective of Love~	TRUTH ~A Great Detective of Love~	TRUTH ~A Great Detective of Love~	TRUTH ~A Great Detective of Love~
2	蘭のテーマ	Ran no Tēma	Ran's Theme	Detective Conan Original Soundtrack 1
3	毛利小五郎のテーマ	Mōri Kogorō no Tēma	Kogoro Mouri's Theme	Detective Conan Original Soundtrack 1
4	蘭・愛のテーマ	Ran・Ai no Tēma	Ran's Love Theme	Detective Conan Original Soundtrack 1
5	謎解き （その１）	Nazotoki (Sono 1)	Riddle Solution (Part 1)	Detective Conan Original Soundtrack 3
6	忍び寄る影	Shinobiyoru Kage	Creeping Shadow	Detective Conan Original Soundtrack 3
7	陰謀	Inbō	Conspiracy	Detective Conan Original Soundtrack 3
8	怪人包帯男２	Kaijin Hōtai Otoko 2	The Mysterious Bandaged Man 2	Detective Conan Original Soundtrack 3
9	事件現場 （謎ver.）	Jiken Genba (Nazo ver.)	Scene of the Case (Mystery ver.)	Detective Conan Original Soundtrack 2
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	Still for your love	Still for your love	Still for your love	Still for your love

Part 2

#	Song Title	Romaji	Translation	OST
1	TRUTH ~A Great Detective of Love~	TRUTH ~A Great Detective of Love~	TRUTH ~A Great Detective of Love~	TRUTH ~A Great Detective of Love~
2	謎解き （その２）	Nazotoki (Sono 2)	Riddle Solution (Part 2)	Detective Conan Original Soundtrack 3
3	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
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	悪のテーマ （パート３）	Aku no Tēma (Pāto 3)	Theme of Evil (Part 3)	Detective Conan Original Soundtrack 2
6	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
7	悪のテーマ （パート１）	Aku no Tēma (Pāto 1)	Theme of Evil (Part 1)	Detective Conan Original Soundtrack 2
8	犯人のアジト	Hannin no Ajito	The Culprit's Hideout	Detective Conan Original Soundtrack 1
9	沈む夕陽	Shizumu Yūhi	Depressing Sunset	Detective Conan Original Soundtrack 1
10	殺意	Satsui	Murderous Intent	Detective Conan "The Fourteenth Target" Original Soundtrack
11	蘭のテーマ （涙ver.）	Ran no Tēma (Namida ver.)	Ran's Theme (Tearful ver.)	Detective Conan Original Soundtrack 2
12	Still for your love	Still for your love	Still for your love	Still for your love
13	蘭のテーマ	Ran no Tēma	Ran's Theme	Detective Conan Original Soundtrack 1

In other languages

Language	Title	Translation
Arabic	خلف الباب الموصد	Behind the Closed Door
Catalan (Catalan dub)	El cas de l'assassinat de la vigília del casament	Wedding eve murder case
Catalan (Valencian dub)	Assassinat a porta tancada la nit d'abans de la boda	Murder behind closed doors the night before the wedding
French	Intrigue nuptiale	Nuptial conspiracy
Galician	Asasinato nun cuarto pechado na vespera da voda	Murder in a closed room on wedding's eve
German	Mord in einem verschlossenen Zimmer	Murder in a Locked Room
Italian	Omicidio alla vigilia delle nozze	Murder on the Wedding Eve
Spanish (American dub)	Asesinato en una habitación cerrada en la víspera de matrimonio	Murder in a closed room on weeding's eve
Spanish (Castilian dub)	El asesinato a puerta cerrada antes de la boda	Murder behind closed doors before the wedding
Thai	คดีห้องฆาตกรรมห้องปิดตายในคืนก่อนแต่งงาน	Locked room murder case on the night before the wedding
Vietnamese	Án mạng trong phòng kín đêm trước ngày cưới	The Night Before the Wedding Locked Room Murder Case

See also

• Season 4