Midsummer's Equation (2013)
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
Writer:
Yasushi Fukuda
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Masaharu Fukuyama as Manabu Yukawa |
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Yuriko Yoshitaka as Misa Kishitani |
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Kazuki Kitamura as Shumpei Kusanagi |
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Anne Watanabe as Narumi Kawabata |
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Jun Fubuki as Setsuko Kawabata |
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Hakuryu as Hidetoshi Senba |
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Gin Maeda as Shigeharu Kawabata |
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Naomi Nishida as Nobuko Miyake |
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Sansei Shiomi as Shoji Tsukahara |
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Tetsushi Tanaka as Keiichi Tsukazaki |
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Hikaru Yamazaki as Kyohei Tsukazaki |
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Tôru Kizu as |
| Directing | Hiroshi Nishitani | Director |
| Writing | Yasushi Fukuda | Screenplay |
| Writing | Keigo Higashino | Novel |
| Sound | Masaharu Fukuyama | Theme Song Performance |
| Sound | Masaharu Fukuyama | Original Music Composer |
| Production | Tadashi Makino | Co-Producer |
| Production | Yoshihiro Suzuki | Producer |
| Camera | Katsumi Yanagijima | Director of Photography |
| Editing | Masaaki Yamamoto | Editor |
| Art | Tsuyoshi Shimizu | Production Design |
| Production | Chihiro Kameyama | Executive Producer |
| Production | Megumi Osawa | Producer |
| Art | Yoshihisa Taguchi | Decorator |
| Production | Shinya Furugori | Producer |
| Visual Effects | Masayuki Yamamoto | Visual Effects Director |
| Sound | Masaru Ohgawara | Sound Effects |
| Sound | Kazunori Fujimaru | Sound Recordist |
| Sound | Tetsuo Segawa | Sound Mixer |
| Lighting | Kôsuke Suzuki | Gaffer |