Midsummer's Equation

2013 2h 9m JA

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6.6

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★7.0TMDB · 45★6.6IMDB · 1,254

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Synopsis

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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.

“Some stories are better left unspoiled.”

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Cast

Masaharu Fukuyama
Manabu Yukawa
Yuriko Yoshitaka
Misa Kishitani
Kazuki Kitamura
Shumpei Kusanagi
Anne Watanabe
Narumi Kawabata
Jun Fubuki
Setsuko Kawabata
Hakuryu
Hidetoshi Senba
Gin Maeda
Shigeharu Kawabata
Naomi Nishida
Nobuko Miyake

Credits

Behind the camera

Director: Hiroshi Nishitani
Writers: Yasushi Fukuda
Languages: Japanese
Countries: Japan

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ERA

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Released 13 years ago.

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CINEMA

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Part of the "GALILEO collection" — so the characters or world continue elsewhere.

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DIRECTOR

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Directed by Hiroshi Nishitani, shot by Katsumi Yanagijima. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.

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DIRECTOR

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Original score by Masaharu Fukuyama. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.

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DIRECTOR

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Editor Masaaki Yamamoto shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.

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CAST

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Masaharu Fukuyama and Yuriko Yoshitaka and Kazuki Kitamura carry the top of the cast.

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WILD

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IMDB entry: tt2412556 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.

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WILD

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Only 45 TMDB ratings — you're getting ahead of the curve on this one.

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The take

Hiroshi Nishitani directs. Katsumi Yanagijima behind the camera. Masaharu Fukuyama scores. Masaaki Yamamoto cuts. Produced in Japan. Dialogue in Japanese.

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Things worth knowing

1Released 13 years ago.
2Part of the "GALILEO collection" — so the characters or world continue elsewhere.
3Directed by Hiroshi Nishitani, shot by Katsumi Yanagijima. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.
4Original score by Masaharu Fukuyama. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.
5Editor Masaaki Yamamoto shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.
6Masaharu Fukuyama and Yuriko Yoshitaka and Kazuki Kitamura carry the top of the cast.
7IMDB entry: tt2412556 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
8Only 45 TMDB ratings — you're getting ahead of the curve on this one.
9Classified under 10 themes, including "based on novel or book", "genius", "murder", "physicist".