The Smiling Man

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.”

• Masayuki OchiaiDirector
• Takehiko HataScreenplay
• Tokuro NukuiWriter

• Tori MatsuzakaToshimi Nito
• Machiko OnoAkira Kamoi
• Katsuhisa NamaseHajime Inoue
• Yoji TanakaKoichi Takizawa
• Tenkyû FukudaKunio Sato
• Ryohei AbeKeijiro Kajiwara
• Sho YakumaruYasushi hosaka
• Nori SatoKasumi
• Toshihito KokuboTakuro Kamoi
• Fuga ShibazakiToshimi Nito (child)
• Sora TamakiKasumi (child)