The Smiling Man

Overview

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.”

Details

Status

Released

Release date

March 1, 2020

Original language

Japanese

Spoken languages

Japanese

Countries

Japan

Production

TV Asahi

Cast

Yoji Tanaka,Nori Sato,Katsuhisa Namase,Tori Matsuzaka,Toshihito Kokubo,Sho Yakumaru,Fuga Shibazaki,Machiko Ono,Tenkyû Fukuda,Ryohei Abeand 1 more

Director

Masayuki Ochiai

Writer

Takehiko Hata,Tokuro Nukui

Producer

Sayaka Iida,Yasutoshi Kigawa,Makoto Kikuchi

Budget

Not recorded

Revenue

Not recorded

IMDb

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