Japan Synopsis
真夏の方程式
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.
The 2012–2014 Japan Window
530 Japan films released in this three-year window, ranked here by audience rating. Midsummer's Equation sits at position #340.
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The 2010s Japan Landscape
Catalog density by release year in the 2010s. Highlighted year (yellow) is when Midsummer's Equation premiered. 1769 total titles in this decade from Japan.
Reception Benchmarks
Ranked #2,981 of 4,579 Japan films indexed here (35th percentile by TMDB audience score).
Rating is -0.3 points below the Japan average of 6.9/10.
Among Japan Crime productions specifically: #240 of 402 (top 60%).
Production Details
| Primary Country | Japan |
|---|---|
| Original Language | Japanese |
| Production Companies | TOHO |
| Runtime | 2h 9m |
| Release Date | June 28, 2013 |
| IMDb | tt2412556 |
| Official Site | galileo-movie.jp |