The Smiling Man (2020)
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.”
Director:
Masayuki Ochiai
Writer:
Takehiko Hata
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Tori Matsuzaka as Toshimi Nito |
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Machiko Ono as Akira Kamoi |
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Katsuhisa Namase as Hajime Inoue |
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Yoji Tanaka as Koichi Takizawa |
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Tenkyû Fukuda as Kunio Sato |
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Ryohei Abe as Keijiro Kajiwara |
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Sho Yakumaru as Yasushi hosaka |
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Nori Sato as Kasumi |
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Toshihito Kokubo as Takuro Kamoi |
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Fuga Shibazaki as Toshimi Nito (child) |
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Sora Tamaki as Kasumi (child) |
| Directing | Masayuki Ochiai | Director |
| Writing | Takehiko Hata | Screenplay |
| Writing | Tokuro Nukui | Writer |
| Production | Yasutoshi Kigawa | Producer |
| Lighting | Yusuke Tagashira | Gaffer |
| Editing | Yoshifumi Fukazawa | Editor |
| Production | Makoto Kikuchi | Producer |
| Production | Sayaka Iida | Producer |
| Writing | Tokuro Nukui | Original Story |
| Crew | Makoto Kenmochi | Stunt Coordinator |
| Sound | 西村洋一 | Sound Effects |
| Art | Nobumasa Ohba | Decorator |
