Midsummer's Equation

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.

Directed by

Hiroshi Nishitani

Written by

Yasushi Fukuda

Genres

Crime, Drama, Mystery

Released

June 28, 2013

Runtime

2h 9m

Status

Released

Original title

真夏の方程式

Language

Japanese

Countries

Japan

Studios

TOHO, FILM, AMUSE, Fuji Television Network, Bungeishunju, Hokkaido Cultural Broadcasting, Iwate Menkoi Television, Sendai Television, Akita Television, Sakuranbo Television Broadcasting Corporation, Fukushima Television Broadcasting, Niigata Sogo Television, Nagano Broadcasting System, Shizuoka Telecasting, Toyama Television, Ishikawa Television Broadcasting, Fukui Television Broadcasting, Tokai Television Broadcasting, Kansai Television, San-in Chuo Television Broadcasting, Okayama Broadcasting, Television Shin-Hiroshima System, Ehime Broadcasting, Kochi Sun Sun Broadcasting, Television Nishinippon Corporation, Saga Television Station, Television Nagasaki, Kumamoto Kenmin Televisions, Television Oita System, Miyazaki Telecasting, Kagoshima Television Station, Okinawa Television Broadcasting