Movie
1998 · 1h 40m · Animation · Crime · Mystery
TMDB 7.2/10 (233 votes)
Ran’s secret past revealed! Ten years ago, something happened between her mom and dad. Now, plagued by nightmares, Ran is starting to remember… Meanwhile, a murderous card dealer breaks out of jail to seek revenge. His target: Ran’s father. Can Conan stop him in time and save his girlfriend’s family?
Directed by Kenji Kodama
Box office $16M worldwide
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Kenji KodamaDirector
Minami Takayamaas Conan Edogawa (voice)
Kappei Yamaguchias Shinichi Kudo (voice)
Wakana Yamazakias Ran Mouri (voice)
Akira Kamiyaas Kogoro Mouri (voice)
Gara Takashimaas Eri Kisaki (voice)
Chafurinas Inspector Megure (voice)
Kaneto Shiozawaas Ninzaburou Shiratori (voice)
Kenichi Ogataas Hiroshi Agasa (voice)
Yukiko Iwaias Ayumi Yoshida (voice)
Wataru Takagias Genta Kojima / Wataru Takagi (voice)
Ikue Otanias Mitsuhiko Tsuburaya (voice)
Naoko Matsuias Sonoko Suzuki (voice)
Asako Dodoas Midori Kuriyama (voice)
Ryusei Nakaoas Kouhei Sawaki (voice)Cast & crew political lean — 8 of 15 researched: 0 left · 0 center · 0 right · 8 no public record. Based only on cited public statements, endorsements, and documented donations.
Case Closed: the Fourteenth Target, known as Detective Conan: The Fourteenth Target (名探偵コナン 14番目の標的(ターゲット), Meitantei Konan: Jūyonbanme no Tāgetto) in Japan, is a 1998 Japanese animated mystery film and the second feature film based on the Case Closed series. It was released in Japanese theatres on April 18, 1998. The English version was released on DVD on November 20, 2007, by Funimation. The film grossed ¥1.85 billion in Japan.
Rachel Moore has recurring nightmares about her mother Eva being shot, which connects to a past incident where Eva, Richard's wife and Rachel's mother, was accidentally wounded during a police standoff involving Richard and a criminal named Jake Morono. While Rachel struggles with the truth, Richard and Conan Edogawa become involved in a string of attacks start with Joseph Meguire, Eva and Dr. Agasa and linked to playing cards left at crime scenes.
The case intensifies when friends and acquaintances of Richard—including golfer Henry Tish, sommelier Kevin Simms, and businessman Christopher Aston—are targeted. At the AquaCrystal complex, several murders occur, each tied to the spade suit. Suspicion initially falls on Morono, but Conan deduces the real killer is Kevin Simms, who faked being a victim.
Kevin's motive stems from losing his sense of taste after an accident caused by Nina Oliver and his resentment toward others in his circle. Using bombs and staged traps, he attempts to eliminate his targets and escape, but his plan collapses. Richard subdues him, ensuring he faces justice.
In the aftermath, Rachel reconciles with Richard, realizing his actions years earlier were to protect her mother. A final scene reveals Eva left Richard not over the hostage incident, but because of his harsh criticism of her cooking.
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.
The plot of the film 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 film 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.
"Shōjo no Koro ni Modotta 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
Masayoshi Takanaka (lead guitar), Ken Yoshida (bass), and Nobu Saito (percussion) are in charge of the performance of "Detective Conan Main Theme (Target Version)". In addition, T-SQUARE's Takeshi Ito ("Conan passes", "Aqua Crystal", "Into Aqua Crystal", "Frustration"), Casiopea's Tetsuo Sakurai ("Aqua Crystal", "Into Aqua Crystal"), George Yanagi ("KIZUNA (vocal version)") is participating.
At the Japanese box office, the film earned a distributors' income (rentals) of ¥1.05 billion, and a total box office gross of ¥1.85 billion.
The VHS of the film was released on April 14, 2002. It was discontinued soon after 2006 as it was switched to DVD.
The DVD of the film was released on March 28, 2002. A new DVD was released on February 25, 2011, significantly lowering the original price and added the trailer as a special feature.
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 film as well was changed to an endless loop of police cars with their lights from the final scene with the credits displayed over it.
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.
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."
