The Bad Sleep Well

悪い奴ほどよく眠る

1960·150'

Akira Kurosawa

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Japanese

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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

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

Someshō Matsumoto Construction Company President Hatano Gen Shimizu Managing Director Miura Atsuko Ichinomiya Mrs. Ariyama

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