The Bad Sleep Well

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.

Details

Status

Released

Release date

September 19, 1960

Original language

Japanese

Spoken languages

Japanese

Countries

Japan

Production

TOHO,Kurosawa Production

Cast

Toshirō Mifune,Masayuki Mori,Kamatari Fujiwara,Takeshi Katō,Kyōko Kagawa,Tatsuya Mihashi,Takashi Shimura,Kō Nishimura,Kyū Sazanka,Someshō Matsumotoand 27 more

Director

Akira Kurosawa

Writer

Hideo Oguni,Akira Kurosawa,Ryuzo Kikushima,Eijiro Hisaita,Shinobu Hashimoto,William Shakespeare

Producer

Akira Kurosawa,Tomoyuki Tanaka

Cinematography

Yuzuru Aizawa

Music

Masaru Satō

Budget

$229,000

Revenue

$144,000

IMDb

tt0054460