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.
Title | The Bad Sleep Well |
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Year | 1960 |
Genre | Crime, Drama, Thriller |
Country | Japan |
Studio | TOHO, Kurosawa Production |
Cast | Toshirō Mifune, Masayuki Mori, Kamatari Fujiwara, Takeshi Katō, Kyōko Kagawa, Tatsuya Mihashi |
Crew | Akira Kurosawa (Director), Hideo Oguni (Writer), Eijirō Hisaita (Writer), Akira Kurosawa (Writer), Ryūzō Kikushima (Writer), Shinobu Hashimoto (Writer) |
Keyword | parent child relationship, film noir, corporate greed, shakespeare in modern dress, japanese noir |
Release | Sep 19, 1960 |
Runtime | 150 minutes |
Quality | HD |
IMDb | 7.68 / 10 by 250 users |