Make the Devil Laugh

Original title: 鬼が笑う

“It was a crime committed for loved ones. A stout drama about a man at an impasse.”

Directed by Ryuichi Mino

Kazuma kills his father in order to protect his mother and younger sister from violence. He begins life at a halfway house with an aim toward social rehabilitation and also works diligently at a scrap mill, but society has labeled him a “murderer”. Gradually, Kazuma loses hope.