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Midsummer's Equation

Midsummer's Equation

20137.02h 9m

Overview

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.

Directed by Hiroshi Nishitani
Written by Yasushi Fukuda, Keigo Higashino
Produced by Yoshihiro Suzuki, Megumi Osawa, Shinya Furugori
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Top Cast

Masaharu Fukuyama

Masaharu Fukuyama

Manabu Yukawa

Yuriko Yoshitaka

Yuriko Yoshitaka

Misa Kishitani

Kazuki Kitamura

Kazuki Kitamura

Shumpei Kusanagi

Anne Watanabe

Anne Watanabe

Narumi Kawabata

Jun Fubuki

Jun Fubuki

Setsuko Kawabata

H

Hakuryu

Hidetoshi Senba

Gin Maeda

Gin Maeda

Shigeharu Kawabata

Naomi Nishida

Naomi Nishida

Nobuko Miyake

Sansei Shiomi

Sansei Shiomi

Shoji Tsukahara

Tetsushi Tanaka

Tetsushi Tanaka

Keiichi Tsukazaki

Themes & Keywords

geniusmurderphysicistsummerenviromentalmysterious deathonsenecentric geniusryokan

About Midsummer's Equation

Midsummer's Equation is a crime, drama, mystery film released in 2013 exploring themes of genius, murder, physicist, summer, enviromental, mysterious death. Directed by Hiroshi Nishitani, it stars Masaharu Fukuyama, Yuriko Yoshitaka, Kazuki Kitamura. 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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