The Bad Sleep Well

Release date: 09/15/1960

Genres:

Crime, Drama, Thriller

Countries:

Japan

Rating:

7.7

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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Actors

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

Gorô Sakurai

Prosecutor

Kōji Mitsui

Reporter A

Yoshifumi Tajima

Reporter B

Ikio Sawamura

Taxi Driver

Yutaka Sada

Wedding Receptionist

The Bad Sleep Well

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