The Smiling Man
movie
View on VideBits →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.”
Cast & crew
Tenkyû Fukuda · Tokuro Nukui · Fuga Shibazaki · Toshihito Kokubo · Ryohei Abe · Tori Matsuzaka · Machiko Ono · Nori Sato · Takehiko Hata · Masayuki Ochiai · Sho Yakumaru · Katsuhisa Namase · Yoji Tanaka