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    The Bad Sleep Well 1960 POSTER

    The Bad Sleep Well

    1960

    Japanese

    8.0

    24

    100%

    91%

    Action

    biting

    corruption

    Crime

    Drama

    film noir

    noir

    parent child relationship

    Thriller

    wedding

    Akira Kurosawa Akira Kurosawa Director Kunie Tanaka Kunie Tanaka as Hitman Takeshi Katô Takeshi Katô as Itakura Toshirô Mifune Toshirô Mifune as Kôichi Nishi Masayuki Mori Masayuki Mori as Public Corporation Vice President Iwabuchi
    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.
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