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The Bad Sleep Well 1960 Directed by Akira Kurosawa 悪い奴ほどよく眠る

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.

Country Japan
Production Country Japan
Language Japanese
Spoken Language Japanese
Gneres Crime , Drama , Thriller
Production Companies TOHO , Kurosawa Production
Release Date 19 September 1960
150 mins
Cast
Toshirō Mifune Kôichi Nishi
Masayuki Mori Public Corporation Vice President Iwabuchi
Kamatari Fujiwara Assistant-to-the-Chief Wada
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
Someshō Matsumoto Construction Company President Hatano
Gen Shimizu Managing Director Miura
Atsuko Ichinomiya Mrs. Ariyama
Natsuko Kahara Mrs. Furuya
Nobuko Tashiro Mrs. Moriyama
Ken Mitsuda Public Corporation President Arimura
Kōji Nanbara Public Prosecutor Horiuchi
Chishū Ryū Public Prosecutor Nonaka
Seiji Miyaguchi Public Prosecutor Okakura
Kin Sugai Tomoko Wada
Yoshio Tsuchiya ADA Secretary
Shirō Tsuchiya Construction Company Employee #1
Sōji Ubukata Construction Company Employee #2
Susumu Fujita Detective
Kyōko Ozawa Iwabuchi Maid #1
Hiromi Mineoka Iwabuchi Maid #2
Nobuo Nakamura Legal Adviser
Ryôji Shimizu Management Section Worker
Gorô Sakurai Prosecutor
Kōji Mitsui Reporter A
Yoshibumi Tajima Reporter B
Hisashi Yokomori Reporter C
Jun Kondô Reporter D
Akemi Ueno Safety Deposit Box Rental Receptionist
Ikio Sawamura Taxi Driver
Toshiko Higuchi Wada's Daughter
Yutaka Sada Wedding Receptionist