The Bad Sleep Well (1960)
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.
Director: Akira Kurosawa
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Toshirō Mifune as Kôichi Nishi |
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Masayuki Mori as Public Corporation Vice President Iwabuchi |
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Kamatari Fujiwara as Assistant-to-the-Chief Wada |
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Takeshi Katō as Itakura |
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Kyōko Kagawa as Yoshiko Nishi |
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Tatsuya Mihashi as Tatsuo Iwabuchi |
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Takashi Shimura as Administrative Officer Moriyama |
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Kō Nishimura as Contract Officer Shirai |
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Kyū Sazanka as Construction Company Executive Director Kaneko |
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Someshō Matsumoto as Construction Company President Hatano |
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Gen Shimizu as Managing Director Miura |
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Atsuko Ichinomiya as Mrs. Ariyama |
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Natsuko Kahara as Mrs. Furuya |
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Nobuko Tashiro as Mrs. Moriyama |
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Ken Mitsuda as Public Corporation President Arimura |
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Kōji Nanbara as Public Prosecutor Horiuchi |
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Chishū Ryū as Public Prosecutor Nonaka |
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Seiji Miyaguchi as Public Prosecutor Okakura |
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Kin Sugai as Tomoko Wada |
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Yoshio Tsuchiya as ADA Secretary |
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Shirō Tsuchiya as Construction Company Employee #1 |
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Sōji Ubukata as Construction Company Employee #2 |
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Susumu Fujita as Detective |
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Kunie Tanaka as Hitman |
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Kyōko Ozawa as Iwabuchi Maid #1 |
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Hiromi Mineoka as Iwabuchi Maid #2 |
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Nobuo Nakamura as Legal Adviser |
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Ryôji Shimizu as Management Section Worker |
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Gorô Sakurai as Prosecutor |
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Kōji Mitsui as Reporter A |
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Yoshibumi Tajima as Reporter B |
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Hisashi Yokomori as Reporter C |
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Jun Kondô as Reporter D |
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Akemi Ueno as Safety Deposit Box Rental Receptionist |
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Ikio Sawamura as Taxi Driver |
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Toshiko Higuchi as Wada's Daughter |
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Yutaka Sada as Wedding Receptionist |
| Writing | Hideo Oguni | Writer |
| Writing | Akira Kurosawa | Writer |
| Writing | Ryuzo Kikushima | Writer |
| Production | Akira Kurosawa | Producer |
| Sound | Masaru Satō | Original Music Composer |
| Directing | Akira Kurosawa | Director |
| Writing | Eijiro Hisaita | Writer |
| Production | Tomoyuki Tanaka | Producer |
| Editing | Akira Kurosawa | Editor |
| Writing | Shinobu Hashimoto | Writer |
| Camera | Yuzuru Aizawa | Director of Photography |
| Camera | Takao Saitō | Assistant Camera |
| Art | Yoshirō Muraki | Production Design |
| Costume & Make-Up | Shoji Kurihara | Costume Design |
| Sound | Fumio Yanoguchi | Sound Recordist |
| Sound | Ichirô Minawa | Sound Effects Editor |
| Directing | Yoshimitsu Banno | Assistant Director |
| Directing | Shirō Moritani | Assistant Director |
| Writing | William Shakespeare | Original Story |
