The Bad Sleep Well
7.7(291) 1960-09-19 150 minCrimeDramaThriller
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.
WriterEijiro Hisaita
ProducerAkira Kurosawa
WriterRyuzo Kikushima
DirectorAkira Kurosawa
WriterShinobu Hashimoto
Original Music ComposerMasaru Satō
ProducerTomoyuki Tanaka
WriterHideo Oguni
Cast & characters
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
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Someshō Matsumoto
as Construction Company President Hatano
Gen Shimizu
as Managing Director Miura
Atsuko Ichinomiya
as Mrs. Ariyama
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
Kōji Nanbara
as Public Prosecutor Horiuchi
Chishū Ryū
as Public Prosecutor Nonaka
Seiji Miyaguchi
as Public Prosecutor Okakura
Kin Sugai
as Tomoko Wada
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
Susumu Fujita
as Detective
Kunie Tanaka
as Hitman
