Aprodia Theater Group
Aprodia Theater Group was a famous acting group led by Suzue Bandai. Other group members included Mako Henmi, Yukio Nijikawa, Karen Fumizuki, Tamasaburo Ichikawa and Akira Enokido.
The group appeared in the Western-style Hotel Murder Case, in which they were organizing a mystery night play called Narcissus's Magic Mirror in the Western-style Hotel. However, members of the group were killed one by one during their stay at the hotel by a mysterious murderer.
Later, it was revealed that some of the group members were actually involving in drug smuggling, as Bandai and Nijikawa were the partners of drug dealer Red Beard St. Claus, and they took over his business after his untimely death.
Following the murders of several group members, including the leader Bandai, the group has fallen by the end of the case, and other group members who involved in drug smuggling were also arrested afterwards. While it was not specified who was arrested, Akira's behavior when questioned about Red Beard St. Claus suggested he was also involved in drug smuggling.
