Case Closed: The Fourteenth Target

Detective Conan: The Fourteenth Target
Directed by	Kanetsugu Kodama
Produced by	Michihiko Suwa
Written by	Kazunari Kochi
Starring	Minami Takayama Kappei Yamaguchi Wakana Yamazaki Akira Kamiya Chafurin Kenichi Ogata Taro Ishida
Music by	Ohno Aika Sakai Izumi (lyrics) Daisuke Ikeda (arrangement) ZARD (performers)
Distributed by	Toho
Release dates	April 18, 1998
Running time	95 minutes
Country	Japan
Language	Japanese
Box office	¥1.05 billion (US$10,5 million)

Case Closed: the Fourteenth Target, known as Detective Conan: The Fourteenth Target (名探偵コナン 14番目の標的, Meitantei Konan: Jūyon-banme no Tāgetto) in Japan, is the second Case Closed movie. It was released in Japanese theatres on April 18, 1998. The English version was released on DVD on November 20, 2007 by Funimation. The movie grossed ¥1.05 billion in Japan.

Plot

At the beginning of the movie, Ran has a dream of her mother, Eri, being shot. Ran later calls Eri and tells her of her dream. The scene then briefly changes to a scene of a jail, where a man named Jo Murakami holds out a notebook that says, "Beika City, Kogoro Mouri." The scene transitions again to the Detective Boys waiting on a bench for Professor Agasa. While waiting, Ayumi tries a love match, and the machine tells her Conan and Ayumi are a perfect match. She then tries Conan's fortune, which is "A chance for an A (kiss)"; when Conan hears this he wonders how old that machine is. Agasa then comes, and takes the Detective Boys to the Touto Aeronautic Memorial Museum. On display there, there are many kinds of helicopters and planes. While there, Agasa tries to give a quiz, only to be intercepted by Mitsuhiko. Mitsuhiko's quiz: Three guys, born on New Year's Day, April Fool's, and Children's Day formed a club. What was their club called? The answer: Tonakai (Reindeer). If you add up their birthdays, they become To-na-kai, a kind of gorowase. Once Conan answers the quiz, they see Shishido Eimei taking pictures around the museum. Back at the Mouri Detective Agency, Jo Murakami is shown knocking on the door. When he gets no answer, he leaves.

Ran is shown with Sonoko at the autograph signing of one of the essayist, Minoru Nishina, his books, where she tells him to keep writing "tasty" books. They later go to a café, and Ran mentions the fight that caused Eri to leave Kogoro when she was seven. Ran also mentions that the dinner with Eri is at seven o'clock.

Conan later comes back to the agency to see Kogoro just getting ready. He sees a TV interview on Katsuyoshi Asashi, the owner of the entertainment complex, "Aquacrystal", but Ran turns the TV off and Conan quickly gets ready.

At the dinner at a restaurant, "La Fleur", Eri is shown to be as sharp as ever, predicting that Kogoro would be late because he played mahjong until late. Right after, a professional golfer by the name of Hiroki Tsuji, also an acquaintance of Kogoro's, comes into the restaurant. Kogoro mentions that Tsuji is participating in the U.S. Open.

During a dinner, Ran shows a surprising amount of knowledge about wine, knowing what the grape badge (a mark of a sommelier) was for, what the tastevin around the sommelier's neck is for. Conan is shown enjoying the dinner, but Ran later notices that Conan's mouth is dirty, and tries to clean him up. At the moment, Conan remembers his fortune "A chance for a kiss" and blushes. However, Kogoro uses his cloth to clean Conan up, which gets Conan angry. Kogoro and Eri show surprisingly good chemistry during the dinner, and during the conversation Eri mentions 15 years ago when Kogoro and Eri came to this restaurant. But then, Kogoro suddenly notices Peter Ford, a newscaster, near Towako Okano. When Kogoro expresses anger, believing that Ford was flirting with Okano, Eri mistakenly thinks that Kogoro loves Okano, and leaves.

A week later, Megure is shown shot by an arrow while jogging.

Kogoro, the Detective Boys, and Ran come to visit Megure in the hospital. Shiratori tells them that the arrow was shot with a crossbow, and a western sword was found at the scene. Later, Eri is shown at her office, and her assistant gives her a package with Zigoba chocolates inside. Eri eats one, but suddenly falls unconscious, poisoned by agricultural chemicals. However, Eri is not in danger, as she was quickly rushed into the hospital. On the chocolate box, there is a paper flower that seems familiar to Conan.

Conan is later shown with Professor Agasa, the latter fixing up Conan's skateboard, when suddenly the front door is shattered with a rock. When Agasa goes to investigate what happened, he is shot by a mysterious person on a motorcycle.

When the man flees, Conan gives chase on his skateboard, but quickly loses him at a fork. He contacts the Detective Boys to look for a bike, where the Detective Boys give the man's approximate location. When the person sees Conan, he suddenly sharply turns and rides up and down a stairway. Conan tries to give chase, but is distracted by a falling old woman, and loses the person. When Conan returns to the house, he finds a mysterious object, and finally realizes the connection between the sword, the flower, and the strange object, as well as the victims.

The sword, flower, and the strange object are objects held by the King, Queen, and Jack of playing cards. In addition, Megure's first name, Juzo, can be read as 13. Kisaki in English means Queen. Agasa's last name Hiroshi's last character, shi, is a combination of 10 and 1. Megure comes into the room, and tells that Jo Murakami may be the culprit of the serial killing. Kogoro also mentions that it wouldn't be strange if Murakami has a grudge, giving that he arrested the latter before. When Shiratori tries to give specifics, Megure suddenly cuts him off. Kogoro then mentions that he knows someone with ten, or "tou" in her name, Towako. The police quickly rush and place Towako under protection. When Ran and Conan later asks Shiratori what he was going to say, he mentions that Murakami tried to escape arrest, and held Ran's mother as hostage. Despite standard training, Kogoro opens fire on a captor, and eventually left the force.

When Ran later calls Conan as Shinichi, she asks him if he would shoot on a captor. Conan mentions that although Kogoro did shoot Eri, he also mentions if that was the whole truth, and hangs up. At the agency, Conan later sees another person with ten in his name, Hiroki Tsuji. Megure, Kogoro, and Shiratori quickly rush to Tsuji's location, along with Ran and Conan. Tsuji refuses to cancel the trip, but allows Megure and Mouri to escort him to Touto Airport. Conan is later shown to have snuck on the helicopter.

During the flight, Tsuji suddenly suffers sun glare. Conan attempts to land the helicopter at Teitan Elementary. In addition, Conan contacts the Detective Boys, who attempt to evacuate everyone in the schoolyard. However, the helicopter hits a downdraft, causing it to crash. The helicopter later explodes due to a gas leak.

The eye drops that Tsuji used turned out to be mydriatic medicine, making Tsuji's pupils dilate and cause him to be blinded by the sun. Because mydriatic medicine takes from 10 days to two weeks, Tsuji ends up unable to participate in the U.S. Open. Kogoro mentions that he knows no one with nine in their name, but he knows an eight, Kohei Sawaki. Megure, Kogoro, Conan, and Ran visit Kohei Sawaki at his residence. Sawaki turns out to have a somewhat large collection of wine in his apartment, and while Conan is walking, he notices some damage on the floor. Sawaki mentions that he dropped a wine bottle there. Sawaki mentions that he will be going to Aquacrystal, to have a meeting with the owner Asahi about the restaurant over there. At the moment, Shiratori then notices there is a nine in Asahi. Conan and Ran follow Megure and Kogoro over to Aquacrystal, where they meet Osani Nana-san (seven), Nishina Minoru (two), Shishido Eimei (six), Peter Ford (Four) - Last name (Ford) has phonetic similarity to "four." They ride the monorail over to the main complex. Once they get to the restaurant, they notice that Shiratori Ninzaburo has a three. Ran mentions that Shinichi is one.

Osani then challenges Minoru Nishina, saying the restaurant Nishina recommended was terrible. Osani gives Nishina a blind tasting challenge, where Nishina incorrectly deducts Chambertin. Sawaki then correctly deducts the wine, saying it was a Beaujolais Moulin-a-Vent.

Conan gets some juice for Ran, and surprisingly Kogoro takes the other juice instead of drinking beer. When Conan goes and gets some more juice, he notices Sawaki tasting some chili powder. When the crew later browses the wine chamber, Sawaki narrowly dodges a booby trap apparently set up by Murakami. The police realize that Asahi may be already dead. While the crew tries to leave, Nana notices the drowned body of Asahi, and the entrance to the restaurant is locked. The emergency exit is blocked with cement, leaving no way of escape. The rest spread out to look for alternate exits, Nana stays behind with Ran and Conan. When Conan tries to look too, he puts down the juice can and tries to run. However, Ran catches him. But then, the power cuts, which sends Nana into a panic. When the lights come back on, Nana is found stabbed. When Conan notes the culprit grabbed Nana with the right hand, he realizes Murakami is not the culprit. Conan goes and gets some mineral water for everyone. While everyone drinks, Conan mentions he found the true culprit. At that moment, the lights go off by an explosion. Another explosion causes the restaurant to flood. Kogoro saves Nishina, who is a hopeless swimmer, and Conan notices everyone but Ran made it. It's shown Ran was caught on the car. When Conan tries to save Ran, he ends up getting his leg stuck and goes out. However, Ran gives the oxygen that Conan had given to her in the form of a kiss. Conan quickly uses the elastic suspenders to move the car, and save Ran. The crew later finds another exit due to the flooding. When Sawaki tries to give CPR to Nishina, Conan, using Kogoro's voice, insists that Shiratori do the CPR instead. While CPR is given, Conan knocks out and starts deducing through Kogoro.

He reveals that the culprit was not Murakami due to the fact that Murakami is left-handed, but the culprit was right-handed. He reveals that Kohei Sawaki is the culprit. He notes Sawaki has Aguesia, a disorder that robs the ability to taste. He supports this by the fact Sawaki was tasting chili pepper, while a regular sommelier would never do something like this. He also mentions that while Conan brought mineral water to the crew, Sawaki's cup was the only one with salt. He actually strangled Murakami to death.

Sawaki then attempts to escape while taking Ran hostage. He also sets off more explosives, causing the Aquacrystal to collapse. Kogoro, Megure, and Conan give chase to Sawaki.

When Shiratori points a gun at Sawaki on the rooftop, Conan mentions that because his hands are shaking, it would hit Ran. Shiratori throws his gun as a sign of surrender. When Sawaki sees Kogoro and Shiratori getting ready to attack, he demands that Conan bring the gun to him. Conan picks up the gun, then realizes why Kogoro shot Eri back then. He shoots, while the bullet barely grazes Ran, knocking her unconscious. Kogoro knocks Sawaki down with his ippon seoi nage skill and helps Conan save Ran. When Sawaki tries to commit suicide, Kogoro saves him. The people remaining leave on the helicopter, Kogoro just realizing he is scared of heights.

Playing card symbols

See also: Japanese numerals

During the course of the film multiple characters are represented by a certain number from a standard deck of cards. The playing cards are all spades, which represents death. The victim's name, clue left behind, and the connection with the number are all displayed below in the chart. Since the English adaptation has changed names of the characters, the corresponding relationships between the character and the numbers were changed accordingly.

Card number or name	Victim's name (English version)	Connection to the number (English version)	Victim's name (Japanese version)	Connection to the number (Japanese version)	Clue left behind
Joker	J.T Morono	His nickname in the casino is "joker."	Jyou Murakami (村上 丈, Murakami Jyō)	Same as in English
Number 13/King Of Spades	Joseph Meguire	His name has 13 letters	Jyuuzou Megure (目暮 十三, Megure Jyūzō)	First name is "thirteen".	The King's Knife/Dagger
Number 12/The Queen of Spades	Eva Kadan	Her first name means "Queen" in other languages.	Eri Kisaki (妃 英理, Kisaki Eri)	妃 means "Queen" in Japanese.	The Queen's Flower
Number 11/Jack of Spades	Hiroshi Agasa	He has 11 patents on inventions.	Hiroshi Agasa (阿笠 博士, Agasa Hiroshi)	士 is a combination of the kanji of ten (十) and one (一).	The Jack's Royal Sceptre
False Number 10	Tammy Diez	Her last name is the number ten in Spanish.	Towako Okano (岡野 十和子, Okano Towako)	Her name contains the kanji for 10 (十)	No clue exists
Number 10	Henry Tish, pro golfer	He is currently ranked as the 10th best Golfer in the world	Hiroki Tsuji (辻 弘樹, Tsuji Hiroki)	辻 contains the kanji for 10 (十).	The Number 10 in a normal set of Playing Cards
Number Nine	Chris Ashton, developer (The Hotel Tycoon)	His holdings include nine important buildings in the city.	Katsuyoshi Asahi (旭 勝義, Asahi Katsuyoshi)	旭 contains the kanji for "nine" (九).	The Nine of Spades in a normal set of playing cards
Number Eight	Kevin Simms, sommelier	Attended a culinary school with an eight-year program	Kouhei Sawaki (沢木 公平, Sawaki Kōhei)	公 contains the kanji for eight (八)	The Eight of Spades in a normal set of playing cards
Number Seven	Nina Oliver, model	Has modeled since she was seven	Nana Osanai (小山内 奈々, Osanai Nana)	Nana is a Japanese reading of "seven."	The Seven of Spades in a normal set of Playing Cards
Number Six	Emilio Cantore, photographer	He has six children.	Eimei Shishido (宍戸 永明, Shishido Eimei)	宍 contains the kanji of "six" (六).	The Six of Spades in a normal set of Playing Cards
Number Five	Richard Moore	His last name has five letters	Kogorou Mouri (毛利 小五郎, Mōri Kogorō)	小五郎 contains the kanji for five (五).	The Five of Spades in a normal set of Playing Cards
Number Four	Peter Ford	His last name has four letters.	Peter Ford (ピーター・フォード, Bītā Fōdo)	Last name (Ford) has phonetic similarity to "four."	The Four of Spades in a normal set of Playing Cards
Number Three	Inspector Santos	He is the third child of three siblings, each of which were born three years apart.	Ninzaburo Shiratori (白鳥 任三郎, Shiratori Ninzaburō)	任三郎 contains the kanji for "three" (三).	The Three of Spades in a normal set of Playing Cards
Number Two	Mason Norfolk, food writer	Wrote two books	Minoru Nishina (仁科 稔, Nishina Minoru)	仁 contains the kanji for "two" (二).	The Two of Spades in a normal set of Playing Cards
Number One/Ace of Spades	Jimmy Kudo	He is the number one detective, Also number one in other things	Shinichi Kudo (工藤 新一, Kudō Shin'ichi)	新一 contains the kanji for "one" (一).	The Ace of Spades in a set of playing cards

Inspiration

The plot of the movie is a combination of two Agatha Christie mystery novels. The A.B.C. Murders is an Hercule Poirot mystery where the murderer seems to be picking victims based on the alphabet, just as people are being targeted in this movie based on numbers in their names. It contains the same revelations that the murderer is only establishing a pattern to confuse detectives, and is willing to kill victims unrelated to his true motives in order to maintain the ruse. The other novel is And Then There Were None, where various people are invited to a secluded island and killed one by one, with the murderer actually being one of the party. In a nod and possible clue to viewers, Conan mentions a type of wine that Poirot drank in Death on the Nile.

Cast

Role	Japanese voice	English voice	Arabic voice
Conan Edogawa	Minami Takayama	Alison Viktorin	Amal Saad-Eddin
Jimmy Kudo	Kappei Yamaguchi	Jerry Jewell
Mitch Tennyson	Ikue Ōtani	Cynthia Cranz
Richard Moore	Akira Kamiya	R. Bruce Elliot
Rachel Moore	Wakana Yamazaki	Colleen Clinkenbeard
George Kojima	Wataru Takagi	Mike McFarland
Amy Yoshida	Yukiko Iwai	Monica Rial
Serena Sebastian	Naoko Matsui	Laura Bailey
Inspector Meguire	Chafurin	Mark Stoddard
Dr. Agasa	Kenichi Ogata	Bill Flynn
Nicholas Santos	Kazuhiko Inoue	Eric Vale
Tammy Diez	Miyuki Ichijō	Carrie Savage
Emilio Cantore	Kenji Utsumi	Christopher Sabat
Kevin Simms	Ryūsei Nakao	Chuck Huber
Mason Norfolk	Hirotaka Suzuoki	Jason Liebrecht
Peter Ford	Andy Holyfield	John Swasey
Eri Kisaki / Eva Kaden	Gara Takashima	Julie Mayfield
Nina Oliver	Maya Okamoto	Luci Christian
Henry Tish,	Takashi Taniguchi	Troy Baker
Jake Marano	Eiichiro Suzuki	Troy Baker

Production

Theme Song

• Japanese :

"Shōjo no Koro ni Madotta Mitai ni" (少女の頃に戻ったみたいに^?, lit. "Like I was a young Girl")

Lyrics by:Izumi Sakai / Music by:Aika Ohno/Arranged by : Daisuke Ikeda / Performed by:Zard

Release

This film achieved a distributor's income of 1.05 billion yen.

Home media

VHS

The VHS of the movie was released April 14, 1999. It was discontinued soon after 2006 as it was switched to DVD.

Region 2 DVD

The DVD of the film was released on March 28, 2001. A new DVD was released on February 25, 2011, significantly lowering the original price and added the trailer as a special feature.

Region 1 DVD

Funimation's English dub of The Fourteenth Target was released on November 20, 2007. Due to the Americanization of the majority of the character's names, most of the explanations for names have been changed. The ending of this movie as well was changed to an endless loop of police cars with their lights from the final scene with the credits displayed over it.

Blu-ray

The Blu-ray version of the film was released on June 24, 2011. The Blu-ray contains the same content of the DVD plus a mini-booklet explaining the film and the BD-live function.

Reception

Anime News Network's Carlo Santos gave a mixed review of the film, saying that while it makes for "a good action-suspense movie with a clever mystery setup", he found fault in the dub transition of the story and ended saying: "In short, it's one of those movies that just happens to be a really long TV episode."

External links

• Case Closed: The Fourteenth Target at IMDb
• Case Closed: The Fourteenth Target (anime) at Anime News Network's encyclopedia