Midsummer's Equation

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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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Masaharu Fukuyama - Manabu Yukawa in Midsummer's Equation

Masaharu Fukuyama

Manabu Yukawa

Yuriko Yoshitaka - Misa Kishitani in Midsummer's Equation

Yuriko Yoshitaka

Misa Kishitani

Kazuki Kitamura - Shumpei Kusanagi in Midsummer's Equation

Kazuki Kitamura

Shumpei Kusanagi

Anne Watanabe - Narumi Kawabata in Midsummer's Equation

Anne Watanabe

Narumi Kawabata

Jun Fubuki - Setsuko Kawabata in Midsummer's Equation

Jun Fubuki

Setsuko Kawabata

Hakuryu - Hidetoshi Senba in Midsummer's Equation

Hakuryu

Hidetoshi Senba

Gin Maeda - Shigeharu Kawabata in Midsummer's Equation

Gin Maeda

Shigeharu Kawabata

Naomi Nishida - Nobuko Miyake in Midsummer's Equation

Naomi Nishida

Nobuko Miyake

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Release Date

June 28, 2013

Runtime

2h 9m

Genres

Crime, Drama, Mystery

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