The story starts with a serial killer, whose victims are lone women and acts are perpetrated in Mizuno Maki's neighborhood (it is suggested that Motoki is this serial killer). Motoki is a police officer with 2 faces: he has an obsession for housewife Maki and is very gentle with her, and on the other side he rapes & tortures one of her friend, Kanda Uno. His ultimate goal seems to make Maki fall in love with him: so he uses her friend Uno to affect her relationship with her husband & he gradually introduces himself into her life. Another person is also obsessed with Maki (she is a sort of public personality as she runs a cooking club with other housewives and appears in magazines), harassing her all the time on the phone, spying on her, etc...: this person is close to her as he knows things from her past (her son drowned in an accident). Motoki also had an ordeal in his past: his mother was killed in a fire, by her lover. Edit Translation
- English
- magyar / magyar nyelv
- dansk
- Norsk
- Native Title: 隣人は秘かに笑う
- Also Known As: The neighbours are secretly laughing , The chuckles of neighbours , Illegal Love ,
- Director: Naganuma Makoto, Otani Taro
- Screenwriter: Hashimoto Izo, Kunii Kei
- Genres: Thriller, Psychological, Romance
Cast & Credits
- Motoki MasahiroTakagi KoichiMain Role
- Mizuno MakiMukai NaokoSupport Role
- Ishibashi RyoKunihiko [Naoko's husband]Support Role
- Ohtsuka NeneKanaeSupport Role
- Fukikoshi MitsuruTetsuji [Kanae's husband]Support Role
- Kanda UnoMisatoSupport Role