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Midsummer's Equation(2013)

IIA06/28/2013 (JP)CrimeDramaMystery2h 9m
68%

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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.

Movie Cast

Masaharu Fukuyama photo

Masaharu Fukuyama

Manabu Yukawa

Yuriko Yoshitaka photo

Yuriko Yoshitaka

Misa Kishitani

Kazuki Kitamura photo

Kazuki Kitamura

Shumpei Kusanagi

Anne Watanabe photo

Anne Watanabe

Narumi Kawabata

Jun Fubuki photo

Jun Fubuki

Setsuko Kawabata

Hakuryu photo

Hakuryu

Hidetoshi Senba

Gin Maeda photo

Gin Maeda

Shigeharu Kawabata

Naomi Nishida photo

Naomi Nishida

Nobuko Miyake

Sansei Shiomi photo

Sansei Shiomi

Shoji Tsukahara

Tetsushi Tanaka photo

Tetsushi Tanaka

Keiichi Tsukazaki

Hikaru Yamazaki photo

Hikaru Yamazaki

Kyohei Tsukazaki

Movie Stats

StatusReleased

BudgetNot Given

RevenueNot Given

Production CompanyTOHO

Original LanguageJapanese

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