Introduction
“Galileo”
returns to take Japan by storm once again! The second film is Midsummer’s Equation, the most moving
bestseller in the original series!
Galileo
was a Fuji Television Network drama series that was broadcast in 2007 in the
popular 9 p.m. Monday night slot. Masaharu Fukuyama starred as Manabu Yukawa,
the eccentric physicist with a brilliant mind, and his overwhelmingly
convincing performance created a great sensation. The series marked an
exceptionally high average viewer rating of 21.9%, and the feature film version
released the following year, Suspect X,
became a megahit grossing 4.92 billion yen at the box office.
5 years later, in summer 2013, Fukuyama returns to
the screen as Manabu Yukawa aka “Galileo”! One of the most popular stars in
Japan who is continually challenging himself to break new ground, Fukuyama
takes on the starring role once again in the second Galileo movie, Midsummer’s
Equation. Based on the novel by the same title by bestselling author Keigo
Higashino, it is the latest book in his smash hit series with a total of over
10 million copies in circulation. Widely viewed as the most moving episode in
the series, Midsummer’s Equation is a
masterful mystery novel depicting the profound ties between people against the
backdrop of a lyrical seaside town. It is interesting to note that in this
story, the human side of the eccentric Yukawa is depicted as he tackles the
mystery to protect a boy in spite of his dislike for children in general. Also,
Yukawa’s personal view regarding the modern-day dilemma of “the co-existence of
scientific technology and nature” is also presented, adding further depth to
this work.
Solid performances
by a stellar supporting cast back up Fukuyama in this film. The cast includes
familiar faces from the TV drama such as Yuriko Yoshitaka as police detective
Misa Kishitani of the Metropolitan Police Department Criminal Investigations
First Division and Kazuki Kitamura as Lieutenant Shunpei Kusanagi. Anne plays
the role of Narumi Kawahata, the young woman holding the key to the mystery,
and Jun Fubuki and Gin Maeda play the Kawahatas, Narumi’s parents with secrets
to hide. The screenplay is by Yasushi Fukuda of the hit TV series Ryomaden and the director is the master
of human dramas, Hiroshi Nishitani of Suspect
X. Midsummer’s Equation will
surely be the most moving blockbuster hit of this summer!
Film: Midsummer’s Equation
Director: Hiroshi Nishitani
Cast: Masaharu Fukuyama, Yuriko
Yoshitaka, Kazuki Kitamura,
Hikaru Yamazaki, Anne, Gin
Maeda, Jun Fubuki, Hakuryu,
Sansei Shiomi, Tetsushi Tanaka
Language:
Japanese (With English and
Chinese subtitles)
Genre: Mystery/Suspense
Duration: 128 mins
Rating: PG
Release dat : 05 Dec 2013
Story
The
summer sea, fireworks, a boy… and a mystery that must not be solved.
Manabu Yukawa, a
physicist, is invited to speak on the panel of an explanatory meeting for a
seabed mining plan in Harigaura, where the beautiful sea remains untouched.
There, he stays at a family-owned inn called “Rokuganso.”
Yukawa meets a boy named Kyohei on the train heading
to Harigaura. Kyohei is the nephew of the proprietress of Rokuganso Inn. He had
come to visit his aunt and uncle by himself during summer vacation because his
parents were busy with work.
The next morning,
a man is found dead on the rocks below a concrete embankment. The man was
Masatsugu Tsukahara, who had also been staying at the inn. Was the death an
accident or murder?
Kyohei becomes involved in the case in an unexpected
way. Narumi, the only daughter of the innkeepers, devotes herself to preserving
the sea of Harigaura. Her parents who run the inn are considering shutting it
down because of the decline in the local tourism. And why had Tsukahara come to
Harigaura in the first place? As the complicated connections behind the
mysterious death gradually begin to unravel, Yukawa discovers the heartbreaking
truth lying at the heart of the case.
Characters
Manabu Yukawa (Masaharu
Fukuyama)
Associate professor of
physics at Teito University.
Misa Kishitani (Yuriko
Yoshitaka)
Detective, Metropolitan
Police Department Criminal Investigations First Division.
Shunpei Kusanagi (Kazuki
Kitamura)
Detective, Metropolitan Police Department
Criminal Investigations First Division, Lieutenant.
Kyohei Ezaki (Hikaru Yamazaki)
A schoolboy brimming with
curiosity. Dislikes science.
Narumi Kawahata (Anne)
Kyohei’s cousin.
Environmental activist.
Shigeharu Kawahata (Gin Maeda)
Narumi’s father who runs
Rokuganso Inn.
Setsuko Kawahata (Jun Fubuki)
Narumi’s mother. Kyohei’s
aunt.
Hidetoshi Semba (Hakuryu)
A man convicted of a murder that occurred 16
years ago. Disappeared after serving out his time.
Masatsugu Tsukahara (Sansei
Shiomi)
Former detective of the
Metropolitan Police Department Criminal Investigations First Division. The
victim of the story.
Keiichi Ezaki (Tetsushi
Tanaka)
Kyohei’s
father and Setsuko’s younger brother.
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