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.
Titles With Overlapping Themes
Films and series that share thematic tags with Midsummer's Equation. Number on each card indicates how many keywords overlap.
Other Titles From TOHO
Crime + Drama in Japan
203 Japan titles in our catalog blend the Crime and Drama genres. Below: the top-rated of them (excluding Midsummer's Equation itself).
The 2012–2014 Japan Window
Midsummer's Equation holds position #340 of 530 Japan films in the 2012–2014 window, below highlighted by audience rating.
The 2010s Japan Landscape
Catalog density by release year across the 2010s in Japan, 1769 titles in total. Highlighted year (yellow) is when Midsummer's Equation premiered alongside 177 others.
Position in Catalog
Released alongside 177 other Japan films in 2013.
The 2793rd Japan title from Japan we index (earliest catalogued entry: 1899).
Our Japan catalog contains 4,579 titles in total (2,908 films).
Audience Engagement
25 audience reviews — more than 44% of Japan films in our index.
Popularity sits at the 29th percentile among Japan films.
Thematic Fingerprint
Tags on Midsummer's Equation, grouped by how common each theme is across the full Asian catalog. Rare tags are more distinctive signals.
- physicist · 5
- genius · 4
- ecentric genius · 4
- mysterious death · 3
- enviromental · 2
- summer · 13
- murder · 155
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 |