Midsummer's Equation

Story

Synopsis

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.

Director

Hiroshi Nishitani

Writers

Keigo Higashino, Yasushi Fukuda

Language

Japanese

Country

Japan

Release date

28 June 2013

Ensemble

Cast

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  Masaharu Fukuyama

  Manabu Yukawa

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  Yuriko Yoshitaka

  Misa Kishitani

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  Kazuki Kitamura

  Shumpei Kusanagi

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  Anne Watanabe

  Narumi Kawabata

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  Jun Fubuki

  Setsuko Kawabata

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  Hakuryu

  Hidetoshi Senba

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  Gin Maeda

  Shigeharu Kawabata

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  Naomi Nishida

  Nobuko Miyake

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  Sansei Shiomi

  Shoji Tsukahara

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  Tetsushi Tanaka

  Keiichi Tsukazaki

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  Hikaru Yamazaki

  Kyohei Tsukazaki

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  Tôru Kizu