Midsummer's Equation (2013)
Original title: 真夏の方程式
Midsummer's Equation is a 2013 Japanese-language crime movie directed by Hiroshi Nishitani, with a running time of 2h 9m. It stars Masaharu Fukuyama, Yuriko Yoshitaka and 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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What is Midsummer's Equation about?
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.
When was Midsummer's Equation released?
Midsummer's Equation was released on 28 June 2013.
How long is Midsummer's Equation?
Midsummer's Equation runs 2h 9m.
Who made Midsummer's Equation?
Midsummer's Equation was directed by Hiroshi Nishitani.
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Cast
- Masaharu Fukuyama as Manabu Yukawa
- Yuriko Yoshitaka as Misa Kishitani
- Kazuki Kitamura as Shumpei Kusanagi
- Anne Watanabe as Narumi Kawabata
- Jun Fubuki as Setsuko Kawabata
- Hakuryu as Hidetoshi Senba
- Gin Maeda as Shigeharu Kawabata
- Naomi Nishida as Nobuko Miyake
- Sansei Shiomi as Shoji Tsukahara
- Tetsushi Tanaka as Keiichi Tsukazaki
- Hikaru Yamazaki as Kyohei Tsukazaki
- Tôru Kizu