Drama Special 4

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| ‹  [A Challenge Letter to Shinichi Kudo ~The Mystery of the Legendary Bird~](/wiki/A_Challenge_Letter_to_Shinichi_Kudo_~The_Mystery_of_the_Legendary_Bird~ "A Challenge Letter to Shinichi Kudo ~The Mystery of the Legendary Bird~") | [**List of Drama Specials**](/wiki/Challenge_Letter_to_Shinichi_Kudo#Specials "Challenge Letter to Shinichi Kudo") | N/A |
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| **Drama Special 4** | |
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| **Information** | |
| Title: | Shinichi Kudo and the Kyoto Shinsengumi Murder Case |
| Japanese Title: | 工藤新一京都新撰組殺人事件   (Kudō Shin'ichi Kyōto Shinsengumi Satsujin Jiken) |
| Original airdate: | April 12, 2012 |
| Characters: | [Shinichi Kudo](/wiki/Shinichi_Kudo "Shinichi Kudo")   [Ran Mouri](/wiki/Ran_Mouri "Ran Mouri")   [Kogoro Mouri](/wiki/Kogoro_Mouri "Kogoro Mouri")   [Heiji Hattori](/wiki/Heiji_Hattori "Heiji Hattori")   [Kazuha Toyama](/wiki/Kazuha_Toyama "Kazuha Toyama")   [Wataru Takagi](/wiki/Wataru_Takagi "Wataru Takagi")   [Miwako Sato](/wiki/Miwako_Sato "Miwako Sato") |
| Cases solved by: | [Shinichi Kudo](/wiki/Shinichi_Kudo "Shinichi Kudo") (x2)   [Heiji Hattori](/wiki/Heiji_Hattori "Heiji Hattori") |
| | Cast: | | --- | | [Junpei Mizobata](/wiki/Junpei_Mizobata "Junpei Mizobata") as [Shinichi Kudo](/wiki/Shinichi_Kudo "Shinichi Kudo")   [Shiori Kutsuna](/wiki/Shiori_Kutsuna "Shiori Kutsuna") as [Ran Mouri](/wiki/Ran_Mouri "Ran Mouri")   [Takanori Jinnai](/wiki/Takanori_Jinnai "Takanori Jinnai") as [Kogoro Mouri](/wiki/Kogoro_Mouri "Kogoro Mouri")   [Tori Matsuzaka](/wiki/Tori_Matsuzaka "Tori Matsuzaka") as [Heiji Hattori](/wiki/Heiji_Hattori "Heiji Hattori")   [Rei Okamoto](/wiki/Rei_Okamoto "Rei Okamoto") as [Kazuha Toyama](/wiki/Kazuha_Toyama "Kazuha Toyama")   [Yuichi Tsuchiya](/wiki/Yuichi_Tsuchiya "Yuichi Tsuchiya") as [Wataru Takagi](/wiki/Wataru_Takagi "Wataru Takagi")   [Natsuhi Ueno](/wiki/Natsuhi_Ueno "Natsuhi Ueno") as [Miwako Sato](/wiki/Miwako_Sato "Miwako Sato")   [Kazuaki Hankai](/wiki/index.php?title=Kazuaki_Hankai&action=edit&redlink=1 "Kazuaki Hankai (page does not exist)") as Tsuneo Ukai   [Kazuya Kojima](/wiki/index.php?title=Kazuya_Kojima&action=edit&redlink=1 "Kazuya Kojima (page does not exist)") as Noboru Saginuma   [Kazuki Namioka](/wiki/index.php?title=Kazuki_Namioka&action=edit&redlink=1 "Kazuki Namioka (page does not exist)") as Kazuhiro Otaka   [Dante Carver](/wiki/index.php?title=Dante_Carver&action=edit&redlink=1 "Dante Carver (page does not exist)") as Edward Crowe   [Asami Usuda](/wiki/index.php?title=Asami_Usuda&action=edit&redlink=1 "Asami Usuda (page does not exist)") as Tsugumi Amano   [Aiko Sato](/wiki/index.php?title=Aiko_Sato&action=edit&redlink=1 "Aiko Sato (page does not exist)") as Chizuru Tachikawa   [Shunsuke Nakamura](/wiki/index.php?title=Shunsuke_Nakamura&action=edit&redlink=1 "Shunsuke Nakamura (page does not exist)") as Reiichi Sakuraba   [Mahiro Konno](/wiki/index.php?title=Mahiro_Konno&action=edit&redlink=1 "Mahiro Konno (page does not exist)") as Fumiko Sugita   [Shigemitsu Ogi](/wiki/index.php?title=Shigemitsu_Ogi&action=edit&redlink=1 "Shigemitsu Ogi (page does not exist)") as Yoshihiro Kashimoto   [Jun Itoda](/wiki/index.php?title=Jun_Itoda&action=edit&redlink=1 "Jun Itoda (page does not exist)") as Ryuji Iwasaki   [Mary Matsuyama](/wiki/index.php?title=Mary_Matsuyama&action=edit&redlink=1 "Mary Matsuyama (page does not exist)") as Momoka Hayashibara   [Tokuma Nishioka](/wiki/index.php?title=Tokuma_Nishioka&action=edit&redlink=1 "Tokuma Nishioka (page does not exist)") as [Genichi Inukai](/wiki/Genichi_Inukai "Genichi Inukai")   [Miyu Honda](/wiki/index.php?title=Miyu_Honda&action=edit&redlink=1 "Miyu Honda (page does not exist)") as Woman | | |
| Director: | [Masato Ibe](/wiki/index.php?title=Masato_Ibe&action=edit&redlink=1 "Masato Ibe (page does not exist)") |
| Screenplay: | [Takehiko Hata](/wiki/index.php?title=Takehiko_Hata&action=edit&redlink=1 "Takehiko Hata (page does not exist)") |
**Shinichi Kudo and the Kyoto Shinsengumi Murder Case (工藤新一京都新撰組殺人事件 ,*Kudō Shin'ichi Kyōto Shinsengumi Satsujin Jiken*[?](/wiki/Help:Japanese "Help:Japanese"))** is the fourth and final live-action drama special of the [Challenge Letter to Shinichi Kudo](/wiki/Challenge_Letter_to_Shinichi_Kudo "Challenge Letter to Shinichi Kudo"). It was first aired in Japan on April 12, 2012. The special featured the cast from [Challenge Letter to Shinichi Kudo](/wiki/Challenge_Letter_to_Shinichi_Kudo "Challenge Letter to Shinichi Kudo"), including [Tori Matsuzaka](/wiki/Tori_Matsuzaka "Tori Matsuzaka") and [Rei Okamoto](/wiki/Rei_Okamoto "Rei Okamoto") reprising their roles as [Heiji Hattori](/wiki/Heiji_Hattori "Heiji Hattori") and [Kazuha Toyama](/wiki/Kazuha_Toyama "Kazuha Toyama").
[Shinichi Kudo](/wiki/Shinichi_Kudo "Shinichi Kudo") and [Ran Mouri](/wiki/Ran_Mouri "Ran Mouri") are invited to the set of a jidaigeki in Kyoto. On their airplane ride to Kyoto, a murder mystery arises. As well, when they finally reach the set in Kyoto, they become involved in another murder mystery, where the high school detectives of the East and West Shinichi Kudo and [Heiji Hattori](/wiki/Heiji_Hattori "Heiji Hattori") compete to solve a murder at the Kyoto film studio. Will Shinichi Kudo be able to solve the mystery?
## Contents
* [1 Cast](#Cast)
* [2 Plot](#Plot)
+ [2.1 Prologue](#Prologue)
+ [2.2 Case 1: The Locked Room Murder at 10,000 Meters](#Case_1:_The_Locked_Room_Murder_at_10.2C000_Meters)
- [2.2.1 Situation](#Situation)
- [2.2.2 People](#People)
- [2.2.3 Resolution](#Resolution)
+ [2.3 Case 2: Kyoto - The Film Studio Mystery Case](#Case_2:_Kyoto_-_The_Film_Studio_Mystery_Case)
- [2.3.1 Situation](#Situation_2)
- [2.3.2 People](#People_2)
- [2.3.3 Resolution](#Resolution_2)
* [3 Trivia](#Trivia)
* [4 Gallery](#Gallery)
* [5 See also](#See_also)