The Smiling Man (movie)
微笑む人- User score: 7
- Production country: Japan
- Producer: Masayuki Ochiai
- Production companies: TV Asahi
- Genre: Drama, Mystery
- Release date: 3/1/2020
- Run time: 101 min.
Movie description
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.”
