Movie
The Bad Sleep Well (1960)
- 2h 30m
- ★ 7.7 (295 votes)
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.
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Cast
- Toshirō Mifune as Kôichi Nishi
- Masayuki Mori as Public Corporation Vice President Iwabuchi
- Kamatari Fujiwara as Assistant-to-the-Chief Wada
- Takeshi Katō as Itakura
- Kyōko Kagawa as Yoshiko Nishi
