The Bad Sleep Well (1960)

Name: The Bad Sleep Well
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Released: 1960-09-19
Duration: 150 min
Cast: Toshirō Mifune, Masayuki Mori, Kamatari Fujiwara, Takeshi Katō, Kyōko Kagawa

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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Released 1960-09-19 · 150 min · Crime, Drama, Thriller

Directed by Akira Kurosawa

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
Tatsuya Mihashi as Tatsuo Iwabuchi
Takashi Shimura as Administrative Officer Moriyama
Kō Nishimura as Contract Officer Shirai
Kyū Sazanka as Construction Company Executive Director Kaneko
Someshō Matsumoto as Construction Company President Hatano
Gen Shimizu as Managing Director Miura
Atsuko Ichinomiya as Mrs. Ariyama
Natsuko Kahara as Mrs. Furuya
Nobuko Tashiro as Mrs. Moriyama
Ken Mitsuda as Public Corporation President Arimura