The Bad Sleep Well
movie
View on VideBits →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.
Cast & crew
Takashi Shimura · Ryuzo Kikushima · Masayuki Mori · Someshō Matsumoto · Akira Kurosawa · Hideo Oguni · Toshirō Mifune · Kamatari Fujiwara · Shinobu Hashimoto · Kō Nishimura · Kyōko Kagawa · Eijiro Hisaita · Tatsuya Mihashi · Takeshi Katō · Kyū Sazanka