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The Bad Sleep Well (1960)

The Bad Sleep Well (1960)

Drama Crime Thriller
Release Date: 1960, September 19
Directors: Akira Kurosawa
Countries: Japan
Production: TOHO, Kurosawa Production
Cast: Toshirō Mifune, Takashi Shimura, Seiji Miyaguchi, Kamatari Fujiwara, Yoshio Tsuchiya, Gen Shimizu, Gorô Sakurai, Kyōko Ozawa, Takeshi Katō, Kyōko Kagawa, Tatsuya Mihashi, Nobuo Nakamura

Overview:

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.

Keywords:

audacious complex film noir biting dramatic corruption wedding suspenseful tragic parent child relationship japanese noir physical disability corporate greed