The Smiling Man

The Smiling Man — Plot

Based on a novel of by Nukui Tokuro, Hohoemu Hito tells the story of Nito Toshimi who, after graduating from Japan’s most difficult university and founding a job at a major city bank, marries Shoko and have a daughter, Amina. Nito, while leading a life that looks like the picture of happiness and being the envy of everyone, is charged with the murder of his wife and young child. At his trial, he reveals a shocking motive for the crime: “I wanted space for books.”

• Release date
• March 1, 2020
• Runtime
• 101 min
• Genres
• TV Movie, Drama, Mystery
• Director
• Masayuki Ochiai

The Smiling Man — Cast

Tori Matsuzaka Toshimi Nito Machiko Ono Akira Kamoi Katsuhisa Namase Hajime Inoue Yoji Tanaka Koichi Takizawa Tenkyû Fukuda Kunio Sato Ryohei Abe Keijiro Kajiwara Sho Yakumaru Yasushi hosaka Nori Sato Kasumi