Detective Conan: Strategy Above the Depths

Plot

Fifteen years ago, a cargo ship named Yashiromaru, built by the Yashiro group, sank while colliding with iceberg. Fifteen years later on a new on a 100 million yen luxurious cruise ship named the MS Aphrodite, also built by the Yashiro group, Conan Edogawa and the rest were invited to the cruise through Sonoko Suzuki. Earlier, the husband of the CEO of the Yashiro family group, an established ship architect, apparently had a heart-attack and drove his car down a cliff.

On the second day of Aphrodite, the CEO herself was found murdered in her room. Later, her father, the president of the Yashiro group was also found missing. He had been thrown off the cruise into the ocean, seemingly by the same person. At the welcoming party, Kogoro Mouri shows off his deduction skills, and concluded that the sub-designer of the cruise, Minako Akiyoshi, was the murderer. However, Conan has different ideas. Hironari Kusaka, a scriptwriter who worked in co-operation with Akiyoshi on a script, was the culprit. Kusaka reveals that the accident from 15 years ago was a scheme to sink Yashiromaru deliberately to get insurance. His father was murdered when he discovered the captain of the ship was drugged and left to die. Kusaka immediately set off bombs and escaped by sea and the Detective Boys gave chase.

After they successfully took down Kusaka, more bombs were ignited. All passengers were evacuated, but Ran returned to her hiding place during the hide-and-seek game to find a "gold medal" made by sea-shells the Detective Boys made for her. However, as Aphrodite swayed, she fainted in the enclosed area. It turns out Akiyoshi was the main murderer after all, and she was the one who did all three killings and made Kusaka think that he did them himself. She also revealed that her father was the captain who died while Yashiromaru sank. Kogoro, however, deduced correctly this time and managed to arrest Akiyoshi. He was originally trying to find evidence to prove her innocence because of her strong resemblance to his wife Eri Kisaki, but the more investigation he does, the more guilty she became. As Kogoro and Conan began to evacuate, they found out that Ran was missing. They find her under the deck of the boat with the help of a fire axe. Afterwards, a helicopter of Japan Coast Guard comes and picks them up, just before Aphrodite sinks stern-first to the bottom of the ocean.

In the post credits scene, Conan explained he knew where Ran was because when he kicked the volleyball, Ran said she heard a soccer ball, meaning she was in a place with a tough wall. The Detective Boys come, and told Ran they made a better "gold medal" for her, and put it on her.

Cast

Minami Takayama as Conan Edogawa

Takayama also voices young Shinichi in the flashback

Kappei Yamaguchi as Shinichi Kudo

Akira Kamiya as Kogoro Mouri

Wakana Yamazaki as Ran Mouri

Kenichi Ogata as Dr. Hiroshi Agasa

Chafurin as Juzo Megure

Atsuko Yuya as Miwako Sato

Ikue Ohtani as Mitsuhiko Tsuburaya

Megumi Hayashibara as Ai Haibara

Naoko Matsui as Sonoko Suzuki

Wataru Takagi as Genta Kojima and Wataru Takagi

Yukiko Iwai as Ayumi Yoshida

Kazuhiko Inoue as Ninzaburo Shiratori

Chinami Nishimura as Natsuho Tsujimoto

Isshin Chiba as Kazunobu Chiba

Kinryū Arimoto as Kensuke Nima

Kōji Yusa as Katsuhiko Shiomi

Kōichi Yamadera as Hironari Kusaka

Yoshiko Sakakibara as Minako Akiyoshi

Music

The theme song is "A Sail Waiting for Summer" (夏を待つセイルのように, Natsu wo Matsu Seiru no yō ni) by Zard. It was released on April 20, 2005. Along with The Fourteenth Target, this is the second theme song written by Zard.

The official soundtrack was released on April 6, 2005. It costs ¥3059, including tax.

Home media

DVD

The DVD was released on December 14, 2005. The DVD contains the film and the trailer, and costs ¥6090 including tax.

Blu-ray

The Blu-ray version of the film was released on January 28, 2011. The Blu-ray contains the same content of the DVD plus a mini-booklet explaining the film and the BD-live function.