vennjoy.
EN
EnglishFrançaisEspañolDeutschItalianoPortuguêsNederlands
Join Vennjoy
← Back to discoveries
The Bad Sleep Well
Film / 1960

The Bad Sleep Well

Directed by Akira Kurosawa
CrimeDramaThriller

★ 7.7/10Audience rating

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.

The story

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.

Cast

Toshirō MifuneKôichi Nishi Masayuki MoriPublic Corporation Vice President Iwabuchi Kamatari FujiwaraAssistant-to-the-Chief Wada Takeshi KatōItakura Kyōko KagawaYoshiko Nishi Tatsuya MihashiTatsuo Iwabuchi Takashi ShimuraAdministrative Officer Moriyama Kō NishimuraContract Officer Shirai Kyū SazankaConstruction Company Executive Director Kaneko Someshō MatsumotoConstruction Company President Hatano Gen ShimizuManaging Director Miura Atsuko IchinomiyaMrs. Ariyama
See more cast
Natsuko KaharaMrs. Furuya Nobuko TashiroMrs. Moriyama Ken MitsudaPublic Corporation President Arimura Kōji NanbaraPublic Prosecutor Horiuchi Chishū RyūPublic Prosecutor Nonaka Seiji MiyaguchiPublic Prosecutor Okakura Kin SugaiTomoko Wada Yoshio TsuchiyaADA Secretary Shirō TsuchiyaConstruction Company Employee #1 Sōji UbukataConstruction Company Employee #2 Susumu FujitaDetective Kunie TanakaHitman Kyōko OzawaIwabuchi Maid #1 Hiromi MineokaIwabuchi Maid #2 Nobuo NakamuraLegal Adviser Ryôji ShimizuManagement Section Worker Gorô SakuraiProsecutor Kōji MitsuiReporter A Yoshibumi TajimaReporter B Hisashi YokomoriReporter C Jun KondôReporter D Akemi UenoSafety Deposit Box Rental Receptionist Ikio SawamuraTaxi Driver Toshiko HiguchiWada's Daughter Yutaka SadaWedding Receptionist

More to discover

8.1
Film2019

Joker

Crime · Thriller

VENNJOY / Selected

A few ideas just for you

Suggestions based on the genres of your favourites. Keep exploring: your tastes are never a box.

Create an account to keep your collection across devices.

Save your discoveries