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The Bad Sleep Well( 1960)

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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.

    Top Billed Cast

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      Toshirō Mifune

      Kôichi Nishi

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      Masayuki Mori

      Public Corporation Vice President Iwabuchi

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      Kamatari Fujiwara

      Assistant-to-the-Chief Wada

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      Takeshi Katō

      Itakura

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      Kyōko Kagawa

      Yoshiko Nishi

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      Tatsuya Mihashi

      Tatsuo Iwabuchi

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      Takashi Shimura

      Administrative Officer Moriyama

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      Kō Nishimura

      Contract Officer Shirai

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      Kyū Sazanka

      Construction Company Executive Director Kaneko

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      Someshō Matsumoto

      Construction Company President Hatano

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      Gen Shimizu

      Managing Director Miura

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      Atsuko Ichinomiya

      Mrs. Ariyama

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      Natsuko Kahara

      Mrs. Furuya

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      Nobuko Tashiro

      Mrs. Moriyama

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      Ken Mitsuda

      Public Corporation President Arimura

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      Kôji Nanbara

      Public Prosecutor Horiuchi

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      Chishū Ryū

      Public Prosecutor Nonaka

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      Seiji Miyaguchi

      Public Prosecutor Okakura

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      Kin Sugai

      Tomoko Wada

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      Yoshio Tsuchiya

      ADA Secretary

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      Shirō Tsuchiya

      Construction Company Employee #1

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      Sōji Ubukata

      Construction Company Employee #2

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      Susumu Fujita

      Detective

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      Kunie Tanaka

      Hitman

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      Kyōko Ozawa

      Iwabuchi Maid #1

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      Hiromi Mineoka

      Iwabuchi Maid #2

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      Nobuo Nakamura

      Legal Adviser

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      Ryôji Shimizu

      Management Section Worker

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      Gorô Sakurai

      Prosecutor

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      Kōji Mitsui

      Reporter A

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      Yoshifumi Tajima

      Reporter B

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      Hisashi Yokomori

      Reporter C

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      Jun Kondô

      Reporter D

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      Akemi Ueno

      Safety Deposit Box Rental Receptionist

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      Ikio Sawamura

      Taxi Driver

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      Toshiko Higuchi

      Wada's Daughter

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      Yutaka Sada

      Wedding Receptionist

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    A review by CinemaSerf

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    Written by CinemaSerf on Thu Nov 17 2022
    We start with the sight of a group of journalists at a wedding. The daughter of an industrialist is marrying the son of another. Nothing new here until, that is, an extra wedding cake is wheeled into the reception shaped just like an office block. Sticking out of a seventh floor window is a rose. We are quickly told that symbolises the window from which the groom's father committed suicide. Shortly afterwards, two senior executives are arrested after a ¥12 billion deal is suspected of being a bit fishy. Neither executive will talk to the prosecutors so one is released and the other released and...

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    Facts

    Status

    Released

    Original Language

    English

    Budget

    -

    Revenue

    -

    Keywords

    • parent child relationship
    • film noir
    • corporate greed
    • shakespeare in modern dress
    • japanese noir