The Bad Sleep Well (1960)
The Bad Sleep Well (1960) - Crime Movies 150 minutes. Warui yatsu hodo yoku nemuru, The Worse You Are, the Better You Sleep, The Rose in the Mud, Die Verworfenen schlafen gut, 懒汉睡夫, Злые остаются живыми, Les salauds dorment en paix, I cattivi dormono in pace, O Sono Justo dos Maus, O Mal Dorme Bem. 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. parent child relationship, film noir, corporate greed, shakespeare in modern dress, japanese noir
Released: Sep 19, 1960
Runtime: 150 minutes
Stars: Toshirō Mifune, Masayuki Mori, Kamatari Fujiwara, Takeshi Katō, Kyōko Kagawa, Tatsuya Mihashi
Crew: Akira Kurosawa (Director), Hideo Oguni (Writer), Eijirō Hisaita (Writer), Akira Kurosawa (Writer), Ryūzō Kikushima (Writer), Shinobu Hashimoto (Writer)