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Midsummer's Equation

2013 · 129 min

A calm, methodical whodunnit that unfolds gently in a seaside inn, rewarding patient viewers with quiet deduction rather than thrills.

Directed by
Hiroshi Nishitani
Genres
Crime, Drama, Mystery
Starring
Masaharu Fukuyama, Yuriko Yoshitaka, Kazuki Kitamura
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.

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Directed by
Hiroshi Nishitani
Genres
Crime, Drama, Mystery
Starring
Masaharu Fukuyama, Yuriko Yoshitaka, Kazuki Kitamura
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    engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
    Themes
    • mystery
    • deception
    • family
    • environment
    • justice
    Places
    • small town
    • home
    Era
    contemporary
    Audience
    teen
    Form
    • procedural
    • twist ending
    Content intensity
    • Gore none
    • Language mild
    • Violence mild
    • Sex none
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    Action2
    Horror2
    Humour3
    Realism7
    Romance2
    Tension5
    Darkness4
    Complexity6
    Emotional weight5

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    Genres
    crime, drama, mystery
    Directed by
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    Written by
    Yasushi Fukuda
    Starring
    Masaharu Fukuyama, Yuriko Yoshitaka, Kazuki Kitamura, Anne Watanabe, Jun Fubuki, Hakuryu, Gin Maeda, Naomi Nishida
    Music
    Masaharu Fukuyama
    Cinematography
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    Runtime
    129 min
    Country
    Japan
    Languages
    Japanese

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