Midsummer's Equation

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Midsummer's Equation (2013)

Directed by Hiroshi Nishitani

Crime, Drama, Mystery · 2h 09m

Masaharu Fukuyama reprises his role from 2008's "Suspect X," playing the physicist-cum-detective Manabu Yukawa. The scientist-sleuth arrives in an oceanside town to speak on a panel. But when a man turns up dead outside the inn where he's staying, Yukawa begins to unravel the connections that tie the victim to the activist daughter of the innkeepers, and a precocious boy who first appears on a train—and keeps popping up. It's a Sherlock Holmes mystery with an environmental twist, and one that should please fans of a classic whodunnit.

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Cast

Crew

Director
Hiroshi Nishitani
Screenplay
Yasushi Fukuda
Novel
Keigo Higashino
Director of Photography
Katsumi Yanagijima
Original Music Composer
Masaharu Fukuyama
Editor
Masaaki Yamamoto
Producer
Yoshihiro Suzuki, Megumi Osawa, Shinya Furugori, Naoto Inaba

Details

Original title
真夏の方程式
Release date
2013-06-28
Runtime
2h 09m
Genres
Crime, Drama, Mystery
Original language
JA
Spoken languages
Japanese
Countries
Japan
Production
TOHO, FILM, AMUSE, Fuji Television Network, Bungeishunju, Hokkaido Cultural Broadcasting, Iwate Menkoi Television, Sendai Television, Akita Television, Sakuranbo Television Broadcasting Corporation, Fukushima Television Broadcasting, Niigata Sogo Television, Nagano Broadcasting System, Shizuoka Telecasting, Toyama Television, Ishikawa Television Broadcasting, Fukui Television Broadcasting, Tokai Television Broadcasting, Kansai Television, San-in Chuo Television Broadcasting, Okayama Broadcasting, Television Shin-Hiroshima System, Ehime Broadcasting, Kochi Sun Sun Broadcasting, Television Nishinippon Corporation, Saga Television Station, Television Nagasaki, Kumamoto Kenmin Televisions, Television Oita System, Miyazaki Telecasting, Kagoshima Television Station, Okinawa Television Broadcasting