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The Smiling Man
First aired on Mar 1, 2020
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Genres: TV Movie, Drama, Mystery

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.”

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Tori Matsuzaka | Toshimi Nito
Machiko Ono | Akira Kamoi
Katsuhisa Namase | Hajime Inoue
Yoji Tanaka | Koichi Takizawa
Tenkyû Fukuda | Kunio Sato
Ryohei Abe | Keijiro Kajiwara
Featured Crew
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Masayuki Ochiai | Director
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Takehiko Hata | Screenplay
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Tokuro Nukui | Writer
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木川康利 | Producer