The Smiling Man (2020)

Original name: 微笑む人

Release date: March 1, 2020

Movie

Average time: 101 minutes

Genres: TV Movie, Drama, Mystery

Synopsis: 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.”