Midsummer Formula

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Movie: Midsummer Formula (English title) / A Midsummer's Equation (literal title)
Romaji: Manatsu no Houteishiki
Japanese: 真夏の方程式
Director: Hiroshi Nishitani
Assistant Director: Yasukazu Sugiyama
Writer: Keigo Higashino
Producer: Yoshihiro Suzuki, Naohito Inaba, Shinya Furugori, Megumi Osawa
Cinematographer: Katsumi Yanagishima
Release Date: June 29, 2013
Runtime: 129 min.
Genre: Mystery / Suspense-Thriller
Distributor: Toho
Language: Japanese
Country: Japan

Plot Synopsis by AsianWiki Staff ©

Manabu Yukawa (Masaharu Fukuyama) is invited for a presentation on Submarine Mineral Resources Development in Harigaura. He stays at an inn. Manabu meets Kyohei who came to the inn, which is run by his aunt's family, for summer vacation. The next morning, Tsukahara, who is another guest at the inn, is found dead on the bank of a port. Manabu becomes involved in the case.

Notes

Based on novel "Manatsu no Houteishiki" by Keigo Higashino (published June 6, 2011 by Bungeishunjū Ltd.). Novel is part of the mystery series "Galileo," first novel "Taiten Galileo" was published May, 1998 by Bungeishunjū Ltd.
Filming began September 23, 2012 in Shizuoka.
Related titles:
1. Galileo (Fuji TV / 2007)
2. Galileo: Episode Zero (Fuji TV / 2008)
3. Suspect X | Yogisha X no kenshin (2008)
4. Perfect Number | Yonguija X (2012)
5. Galileo 2 (Fuji TV / 2013)
6. Midsummer Formula | Manatsu no Houteishiki (2013)

Cast



Masaharu Fukuyama	Yuriko Yoshitaka	Kazuki Kitamura	Anne Watanabe	Gin Maeda
Manabu Yukawa	Misa Kishitani	Shunpei Kusanagi	Narumi Kawabata	Shigeharu Kawabata



Jun Fubuki	Hakuryu	Sansei Shiomi	Hikaru Yamazaki	Tetsushi Tanaka
Setsuko Kawabata	Hidetoshi Senba	Shoji Tsukahara	Kyohei Tsukazaki	Keiichi Tsukazaki

Naomi Nishida

Nobuko Miyake

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Awards

Popularity Award - 2014 (37th) Japan Academy Prize - March 7, 2014

Comments

Liesianthes Sep 26 2016 12:42 am Anyone knows the title of the insert song?

mahmood Mar 02 2015 2:37 am It was a beautiful film

PASHA IVANOV Dec 09 2013 3:55 am A woman is stubbed to death crossing the bridge on a winter night. Another woman tells her daughter that they have a secret they will keep forever. Many years later a murder occurs in a quiet Inn on the ocean side. Are two murders connected? It’s up to professor Gallileo to find out.

A MIDSUMMER EQUATION is based on the fourth in the series of novels by Keigo Higashino featuring professor of physics Manabu Yakawa (AKA GALLILEO). Unlike many mystery writers Higashino takes the focus off “who-dun-it” to “how it was done”. All his novels a praised for an original twist that was worth to look forward while reading the book. A MIDSUMMER EQUATION has it’s twist. And the journey towards it is no less but remarkable.

At the heart of the story is a friendship between a middle aged professor of Physics who cannot stand children (he even gets hives around them) and a little boy, who is surprisingly insightful into the details of a murder mystery of the guest who stayed at the INN owned by his Aunt and Uncle. The friendship between the two is an unlikely occurrence in the age of phobia we live in and the key feel good string of the movie.

It is typical for Higashino villains to be the ones who actually need help and protection and A MIDSUMMER EQUATION is no different. The films main focus is on family values, self sacrifice and bonds shared by a parent and a child. But it is also has a sense of a place, an atmosphere of never ending summer and the innocence of childhood. This innocence in A MIDSUMMER EQUATION is preserved at a greater cost.

There are a few good performances in the movie and it has a well measured pace, with the exception of the ending, that over explains everything (come on, I had been watching this for two hours, I had seen murder mysteries before and don’t need to be spoon fed).

The truly satisfying experience in the movies is rare these days, and A MIDSUMMER EQUATION is a great effort to make you feel good about the times and the world we live in. Maybe a little overdramatic, it hits the mark with the statement that true loyalty does not come without a price.

ZeldAx Jul 05 2013 10:50 am If anyone have an idea about the release of the DVD, tell me please.

Thanks !

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