Case Closed: The Fourteenth Target
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| Detective Conan: The Fourteenth Target | |
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| Directed by | Kanetsugu Kodama |
| Produced by | Michihiko Suwa |
| Written by | Kazunari Kochi |
| Starring | Minami Takayama Kappei Yamaguchi Wakana Yamazaki Akira Kamiya Chafūrin Kenichi Ogata Taro Ishida |
| Music by | Lyrics by:Sakai Izumi Music by:Ohno Aika Arranged by : Daisuke Ikeda Performed by:ZARD |
| Distributed by | Toho |
| Release date(s) |  April 18, 1998 |
| Running time | 95 minutes |
| Country | Japan |
| Language | Japanese |
| Preceded by | Detective Conan: The Time-Bombed Skyscraper |
| Followed by | Detective Conan: The Last Wizard of the Century |
Case Closed: the Fourteenth Target is the 2nd of the Detective Conan movies. It was released in Japanese theaters on April 18th, 1998, with an English version was released on DVD only on November 20, 2007. The box office grossed ¥1.05 billion. English trailer.
In this movie, Rachel (Ran) has a nightmare about her mother dying, but soon regains memory of some of the events that happened to her. Meanwhile, there has been murders/injuries at people who all have some relation to "The Great" Richard Moore( Mori Kogoro), and that all their names corresponded to a playing card. These people were targeted in order, from King down to Ace. The police concludes that this person wanted revenge on Richard Moore, but as these injuries become murders, Conan realizes that it is a race to predict who the victims will be. He soon discoverers something quite different from what the police suspected, while learning about an incident from 10 years ago.
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[edit] Cast
| Original Name | English Dub Name | Original Cast | English Dub |
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| Conan Edogawa | Conan Edogawa | Minami Takayama | Alison Retzloff |
| Ran Mori | Rachel Moore | Wakana Yamazaki | Colleen Clinkenbeard |
| Kogoro Mori | Richard Moore | Akira Kamiya | R. Bruce Elliot |
| Shinichi Kudo | Jimmy Kudo | Kappei Yamaguchi | Jerry Jewell |
| Jūzō Megure | Inspector Meguire | Chafūrin | Mark Stoddard |
| Ninzaburo Shiratori | Inspector Santos | Kaneto Shiozawa | Eric Vale |
| Genta Kojima | George | Wataru Takagi | Dameon Clarke |
| Ayumi Yoshida | Amy | Yukiko Iwai | Monica Rial |
| Mitsuhiko Tsuburaya | Mitch | Ikue Ōtani | Cynthia Cranz |
| Professor Agasa | Doctor Agasa | Kenichi Ogata | Bill Flynn |
| Eri Kisaki | Eva Kaden | Gara Takashima | Julie Mayfield |
| Midori Kuriyama | Asako Dodo |
| Role | Actor | |
|---|---|---|
| Minoru Nishina | Hirotaka Suzuoki | |
| Shishido | Kenji Utsumi | |
| Osanai | Maya Okamoto | |
| Sawaki | Ryūsei Nakao |
[edit] Plot
The movie opens to a dream sequence in which Rachel sees her mother get shot. This is later revealed to be a suppressed memory, of when her mother was shot by her father, to save her life. The Moores, Eva Kadan (Rachel’s mother) and Conan go out to eat dinner at a fancy restaurant, and meet up with an old acquaintance of the family. He is a wine taster, one of the best in the world.
The next day Inspector Megure is jogging in the park, when all of a sudden he is attacked with a crossbow. Near the where the incident occurred, a strange looking knife is found, which Conan thinks he has seen it somewhere before. It is revealed that this "knife" is made from paper machete. This injures him and places him in the hospital. Richard, Conan, and Rachel then go visit Megure, and Megure refuses to remove his hat (this is a running gag in the series). This is where Jimmy/Conan learns Megure's first name, Joseph. Once they leave, we see Eva Kadan get a box of chocolates delivered to her at her office. She mistakenly believes they were sent by Richard, and eats them. She then passes out. We learn the chocolates were poisoned, and Megure, still recovering, join the rest of the group in Eva's hospital room. There was a paper machete flower attached to her favorite brand of chocolate. Once again, Conan finds the clue (an odd flower) familiar. It seems the crimes are connected.
The next day Dr. Agasa is attacked, by a crossbow, by a motorist and Conan gives chase. Eventually though the motorist gets away. Conan finds the clue the motorist left behind this time, it is a paper machete Sceptre. He concludes all the "clues" are from a standard deck of regular playing cards. They are each items a "face card" is holding. Starting from the highest card (King of Spades) and going down. The king is holding a knife, the queen a flower, and the Jack a sceptre. Each victim is represented by a regular playing card. The order of the attacks starts from the highest card (King of Spade) and goes down in order. Victims of face cards "clues" are objects that are being held in the playing card. Victims of non-face cards are represented by the playing card itself. It is revealed that Jimmy Kudo is the Ace of Spades. Inspector Megure, and Richard Moore believe the killer/attacker is a card dealer turn criminal they both helped to arrest in the past(the same person who held Richard's wife hostage). They think he wants revenge against the two, and to harm/kill all of Richard's friends and acquaintances. Richard mistakenly believes the next victim (number 8) is an acquaintance he knows from a bar. The police surround the building at sundown and protect it all night. Conan helps the police realize that she may not be the 8th target, because another of Richard's friend Hiroki Tsuji (the Pro Golfer) is ranked 8th best golfer in the world. The police decide to split up. Half stay with the women from the bar, Megure, Conan, Rachel, Richard, and a few police officers go to protect the golfer. Tsuji has been planning on flying his helicopter for weeks, and refuses to cancel his flight. So Richard and Megure decide to ride with him in order to protect him (and Conan sneaks aboard). As they take off her puts eye drops in his eyes for his allergies. The killer put Atropine Eye Drops into the victim’s allergy eye drops. This diluted his eyes, made him very sensitive to sunlight, and eventually unable to fly the helicopter. As they were spiraling out of control, Conan's quick thinking saves their lives. He helps make a safe crash landing in a nearby schoolyard. Once landed they run for cover, as the helicopter's fuel lines, sparks, and then explodes. No one is seriously injured, but Conan gets a few cuts and bruises. However due to the Atropine Eye Drops, Tsuji cannot participate in the upcoming golfing event, as the effects of atropine last up to 2 weeks, way after the event which was only a few days away.
Due to some thinking by Conan they realize that perhaps Richard's friends are not the only targets, but also people who just know him. Richard recently had a meeting with a famous Hotel Tycoon. He is opening his newest Hotel next month, his 9th hotel. The police, Richard, Megure, Conan, and Rachel head to the hotel. There they meet up with several people who claim to have meetings with the Hotel Tycoon. One of these people happens to be the wine tester. The others are named Nana Osana, Eimei Shishido, Peter Ford, and Minoru Nishina. They all head into the hotel, to try and warn the Tycoon of his impending doom. While underground in the hotel (where they were said to wait for the Hotel Tycoon) Conan theorizes that everyone there minus himself (sense the killer does not know Conan is Jimmy) and Rachel are all targets. He also wonders if Richard himself is a target, or will he be spared.
They wait for the Hotel Tycoon for a long time, until it becomes apparent that something is wrong. They decided to split up and search the hotel. The wine tester almost gets killed, by a hidden trap, but Conan saves his life. While searching the building they discover that they are trapped in the lower level of the hotel. The Hotel Tycoon shows up dead, in the aquarium. The 9 of spades card is shown to be on his overcoat. The next victim is Osanai, the model, and she begins to freak out. While the rest of the trapped people decide to try and find a way out, she remains in the lobby with Conan and Rachel. Then there is a power outage, and she gets stabbed in the neck. Her undoing was the fact her nail polish glowed in the dark. While running away the murderer knocked over a can of soda Conan was drinking. Conan theorizes that whoever has the stain on his pants is the murderer. As the lights come back on Conan see who has the stain on their pants, but the camera never shows this. Conan decides to have an experiment to find out the motive of the killer. He gives everyone mineral water, and they all compliment on its taste.
Out of nowhere the building explodes. It seems explosives were set off. Whoever trapped them there, intended for them all to die in the explosion. But no one dies, instead water from the ocean comes rushing in, almost drowning everyone. Rachel gets trapped underwater, but Conan saves her. Because of the explosion there is now a way for them to leave. They all decide to escape via the hole in the glass that leads out into the bay. Conan knows the killer is among them, and they must be careful.
Once they all get to land, Joseph Meguire's stitches start to bleed and he is in a lot of pain. A member of the group is knocked out and Kevin Simms(the wine taster) decides to give him Mouth to mouth resuscitation, but Conan puts Richard to sleep with his watch, then he pretends to be Richard. He tells Inspector Santos to give him mouth to mouth instead. Conan (still pretending to be Richard) then claims Kevin Simms is the murderer. He explains how he did all this, and Simms makes a run for it, with the sleepy Rachel as hostage. Richard wakes up, and Conan, Santos, and Megure give chase. He leads them to the roof of the collapsing hotel. On the roof a helicopter has been called in, and hovers above. Santos is the only one with a gun, and is not good at aiming. Richard pleads with him to use the gun, but Santos says he cannot do that, Santos instead throws the gun to Simms, so he will save the hostage, but the gun doesn't make it all the way there. Conan runs and picks up the gun, after Simms tells him to do so. Instead of giving the gun to Simms, he shoots Rachel in the leg, making it very difficult for him to use the hostage. He drops Rachel, and Richard and Sanos run and tackle him. Then the building starts rumbling, and Simms almost falls off, but they save him. The helicopter lands and takes them all to safety. Simms is arrested for his crimes.
[edit] Playing Card Symbols
- See also: Japanese numerals
During the course of the film multiple characters are represented by a certain number and a playing card (in a standard deck). The playing cards are all spades, the suit that 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 adaption has changed names of the characters, the corresponding relationships between the character and the numbers were changed accordingly.
| Card Number/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 Maloney | His nickmane in the casino is "joker." | Jyou Murakami (村上 丈 Murakami Jyō?) | Same as in English | |
| Number 13/King Of Spades | Joseph Meguire | he has 13 letters in his name | Jyuuzou Megure (目暮 十三 Megure Jyūzō?) | First name is "ten" and "three." | The King's Knife/Dagger |
| Number 12/The Queen of Spades | Eva Kadan | Her first name means 12 in English | 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 invention patents. | 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 |
| Number 10 | Henry Tish, pro golfer | He is ranked the current 10th best Golfer in the world | Hiroki Tsuji (辻 弘樹 Tsuji Hiroki?) | 辻 contains the kanji for ten (十). | The Number 10 in a normal set of Playing Cards |
| Number 9 | Chris Ashton, developer (The Hotel Tycoon) |
His holdings include 9 important buildings in the city. | Katsuyoshi Asahi (旭 勝義 Asahi Katsuyoshi?) | Last name contains the kanji for "nine" (九). | The 9 of Spades in a normal set of playing cards |
| False Number 8 | Towako Okano ,Owner of "Club Towako" | She has owned the club 8 years | Her name contains the kanji for 8 | No clue exist | |
| Number 8 | Kevin Simms, sommelier | Attended a culinary school with an 8 year program | Kouhei Sawaki (沢木 公平 Sawaki Kōhei?) | 公 contains the kanji for 8 (八) | The 8 of Spades in a normal set of playing cards |
| Number 7 | Nina Oliver, model | Had modeled since she was 7 | Nana Osanai (小山内 奈奈 Osanai Nana?) | Nana is a Japanese reading of "seven." | The 7 of Spades in a normal set of Playing Cards |
| Number 6 | Emilio Cantore, photographer | He has six children. | Eimei Shishido (宍戸 永明 Shishido Eimei?) | 宍 contains the kanji of "six" (六). | The 6 of Spades in a normal set of Playing Cards |
| Number 5 | Richard Moore | Last name has 5 letters | Kogorou Mouri (毛利 小五郎 Mōri Kogorō?) | Name contains the kanji for five (五). | The 5 of Spades in a normal set of Playing Cards |
| Number 4 | Peter Ford | Surname has four letters. | Peter Ford (ピーター・フォード Bītā Fōdo?) | Last name has phonetic similarity to "four." | The 4 of Spades in a normal set of Playing Cards |
| Number 3 | Inspector Santos | He is the third child, each of the three were born three years apart. | Ninsanro Shiratori (白鳥 任三郎 Shiratori Ninsanrō?) | First name contains the kanji for "three" (三). | The 3 of Spades in a normal set of Playing Cards |
| Number 2 | Mason Norfolk, food writer | Wrote 2 books | Minoru Nishina (仁科 稔 Nishina Minoru?) | 仁 contains the kanji for "two" (二). | The 2 of Spades in a normal set of Playing Cards |
| Number 1/Ace of Spades | Jimmy Kudo | He is the number one detective in Japan, Also number one in other things |
Shinichi Kudo (工藤 新一 Kudō Shin'ichi?) | First name contains the kanji for "one" (一). | The Ace of Spades in a set of playing cards |
[edit] The Kiss
When Conan saves Rachel (Ran) under the water, his right foot got stuck on a car's wheel which Rachel got stuck in. When Rachel gain consciousness, she saves Conan after he loses breath by giving her breath to him, then Rachel became unconscious again. Luckily Richard and the others help save her.
[edit] The Gun Shot
When the criminal take Rachel as a hostage he ask Conan to give him the gun on the floor. Then Conan suddenly shot Rachel on the leg, then Rachel realize that when his father shot her mother on the leg when she was taken hostage . It was so that her mother will be free from the hands of the criminal.
[edit] Theme Song
- Japanese :
"Shoujo no Koro ni Madotta Mitai ni (少女の頃に戻ったみたいに)"
Lyrics by:Sakai Izumi / Music by:Ohno Aika/Arranged by : Daisuke Ikeda / Performed by:ZARD
[edit] Sources
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