Kindaichi Shounen no Jikenbo The Movie

It's hot!

It's summer.

How much further do we need to walk?

I'd guess about 30 minutes before we get to the dock.

What?! We're walking for 30 more minutes?!

I'll get barbecued!

That sounds yucky. Barbecued Hajime-chan.

Oh, I just remembered.

Look, Miyuki. It says, "Please use the shuttle bus from the bus station."

If there's a bus, we don't have to walk!

Isn't there something more on the flier?

"However, the shuttle bus will only run on the day of the performance."

No way.

We passionate fans of drama, who came two days early to watch the rehearsal,

will have to walk.

I'm not even a fan.

I'm already excited.

All the stars of the Illusion Theater Company will be there.

Noujou Kouzaburou, Shinjouji Seiko, Kanai Rio.

They will be led by the reclusive genius director, Kurosawa Kazuma.

I just can't wait.

I think I'll go home after all.

Why? You've already come all this way.

I never wanted to go to Uta Island,

because of the incident there this spring.

The owner, Kurosawa-san, wants everyone to forget that bloody affair.

He's using this production to give the opera house a new start.

There'll be a performance in Tokyo too, right?

I'll watch the play in Tokyo.

Hajime-chan, are you serious?

After Kurosawa-san was kind enough to invite us?

You're giving up on all-you-can-eat lobster?

Damn it!

I don't know what to do!

Idiot.

If you'll thank me properly, I could give you a ride to the dock, Kindani.

Ah! Old Man Kenmochi!

Didn't I tell you not to call me "old man"?

Kenmochi-san, you also got an invitation from Kurosawa-san?

Yes.

I was thinking I'd do some fishing before we see the play,

so I booked time off in advance.

When I stopped in at the prefectural police, they offered to drop me off.

After all, the Superintendent General honored the inspector for his work

during the Uta Island incident this spring.

He's our hero.

I won't be a jerk and say just who he has to thank for that.

Anyway, congrats on getting the Superintendent General's Award.

I'll say this, just so we're clear.

Your deductive reasoning happened to help me just a little, by pure coincidence,

but I'm not going to recognize you even this much, Kindaichi.

If I recall, a long time ago, there was a Detective Kindaichi, right?

Not even this much! This much!

Huh?

Kindaichi Kousuke.

He's that excellent detective's idiot grandson.

Take... this!

Hajime-chan!

Stop! Would you stop it!

I-Inspector!

What are you trying to do?!

There. There it is.

It's this cruiser.

You there, the handsome boy.

You mean me?

Yes, you.

You're Takizawa Atsushi-san, aren't you?

Oh, and that's Midorikawa Yukio-san.

They're both actors in the Illusion Theater Company.

Oh, nice to meet you.

You're actors?

Could you help us out?

We want to load this onto the cruiser, but it's heavy.

Huh? Oh, sure.

Be careful! It's really heavy.

What is this?

A frame. To put a painting in.

Heavy!

That was heavy!

Doctor! Dr. Saeki!

We're taking the boat out!

Who's that?

Dr. Saeki.

She's a physician.

Thanks.

Not at all. You're welcome.

Until a businessman built a western-style vacation home there in the Meiji period,

Uta Island was completely uninhabited.

The island has changed hands a number of times.

Ten years ago, Kurosawa Kazuma bought it.

The building was completely refurbished

and opened as a hotel with a theater called an opera house.

Doctor, have you come to Uta Island to see the play too?

Yes. Something like that.

Ah, I can see it now.

Uta Island.

What?

It's so like him to greet us that way.

Huh?

Oh! That's Noujou Kouzaburou-san, right?

Yeah.

Who?

The biggest star in the Illusion Theater Company.

I idolize him. He's the one man in my heart.

You know him?

I've been his family doctor for a long time.

Takizawa-san,

Midorikawa-san,

Kurosawa-sensei says we'll be starting the rehearsal soon.

We know, Rokurou-kun.

More importantly, could you help us haul this to the theater?

Once I've shown our guests inside, I'll be right back.

Welcome to the opera house.

Let me take that for you.

That's the theater.

Ordinarily, it would be locked,

but now that rehearsals have started, we're leaving the doors open.

You can come watch whenever you like.

The owner, Kurosawa, has given his permission.

Why must I stop singing?

Are you saying that there's a better singer than me?

The 19th century, Paris.

A threatening letter is delivered to the opera house where Carlotta is the lead singer.

The role of Carlotta is played by Shinjouji Seiko.

The letter demands Carlotta be replaced by a chorus girl, Christine.

She's played by their number one young actor, Kanai Rio.

When I stand on stage,

it feels as if someone is staring at me.

Christine is loved by Vicomte Raoul.

Raoul, of course, is played by Noujou Kouzaburou.

That would be me, Christine Daaé.

I'm always watching you when you're up on stage.

No, not you.

The eyes of another torment my body.

One night,

as the letter demanded, Christine acts as the lead singer to great applause.

However, immediately afterwards, Christine mysteriously disappears.

Some are spreading strange rumors that this opera house is haunted by a phantom,

but that is utter nonsense!

Raoul believes it to be the work of the rumored Phantom of the Opera.

He goes into the basement of the opera house to find Christine.

Raoul, wake up.

It's time you forgot about Christine.

Give up on her.

Comte Phillipe, who followed Raoul out of concern, dies an inexplicable death.

Raoul is left alone in the basement of the opera house.

There he sees the phantom, who has become a slave to his love for Christine.

As for the phantom,

that's Noujou Kouzaburou playing a second role.

Were it not for this face of mine,

would you have loved me?

What was with your acting just now?

Christine can't be merely surprised when she sees the phantom!

She must pity him from the bottom of her heart and feel a deep affection for him.

Your acting just now was no different from a child seeing a ghost in a haunted house!

The role of Christine was always beyond you.

Why am I Carlotta?

I should be Christine!

Don't you agree?

She's right, you know.

I have the acting talent, of course,

and I'm the daughter of the Illusion Theater Company's chairman,

and the fiancé of our top star, Noujou Kouzaburou, and...

That's enough.

Midorikawa.

Some water.

R-Right.

I'd like to hear a little more of what Seiko-san has to say.

Since when could you talk back to me?

Unlike Midorikawa, I'm not your slave or servant boy, Noujou-san.

I'll talk back if I want to.

Your Christine is slowly but surely improving.

Okay.

Keep working on it, Kanai-kun.

But Kurosawa-sensei!

Her acting just now was...

Shinjouji-kun, I am the director here.

Try to get a stronger command of your own role.

You are the only one who can be Carlotta.

I'll say to all of you now. The performance is tomorrow.

After this, there will be a performance in Tokyo.

Focus on your roles.

I won't stand for needless criticism or demands on others!

Is that clear?!

You wouldn't know it from the outside,

but a lot goes on in a theater troupe, huh?

Hajime-chan?

Hajime-chan?

Don't loiter around here!

That's the intensity of a pro.

Her passion for the stage is on another level.

But it hurts.

Hello.

That's something I haven't smelled in ages!

What are you doing?

Ah, s-sorry.

Hold it.

If you have time, help.

We're carrying this to the opera house.

This is my deceased daughter, Mika.