The Bad Sleep Well

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

Writers

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

Released

September 19, 1960

Language

Japanese