The Bad Sleep Well
1960/09/19 • Released • Japanese
Overview
In this loose adaptation of "Hamlet," illegitimate son Kôichi Nishi climbs to a high position within a Japanese corporation and marries the crippled daughter of company vice president Iwabuchi. At the reception, the wedding cake is a replica of their corporate headquarters, but an aspect of the design reminds the party of the hushed-up death of Nishi's father. It is then that Nishi unleashes his plan to avenge his father's death.
Director : Akira Kurosawa
Casts
Toshirō Mifune
Kôichi Nishi
Masayuki Mori
Public Corporation Vice President Iwabuchi
Kamatari Fujiwara
Assistant-to-the-Chief Wada
Takeshi Katō
Itakura
Kyōko Kagawa
Yoshiko Nishi
Tatsuya Mihashi
Tatsuo Iwabuchi
Takashi Shimura
Administrative Officer Moriyama
Kō Nishimura
Contract Officer Shirai
Kyū Sazanka
Construction Company Executive Director Kaneko
Gen Shimizu
Managing Director Miura
Atsuko Ichinomiya
Mrs. Ariyama
Natsuko Kahara
Mrs. Furuya
Kôji Nanbara
Public Prosecutor Horiuchi
Chishū Ryū
Public Prosecutor Nonaka
Seiji Miyaguchi
Public Prosecutor Okakura
Kin Sugai
Tomoko Wada
Yoshio Tsuchiya
ADA Secretary
Susumu Fujita
Detective
Kunie Tanaka
Hitman
Nobuo Nakamura
Legal Adviser
Kōji Mitsui
Reporter A
Yoshifumi Tajima
Reporter B
Ikio Sawamura
Taxi Driver
Yutaka Sada
Wedding Receptionist
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