The Bad Sleep Well
悪い奴ほどよく眠る
Release: 1960-09-19
·Runtime: 150m
·★ 7.7
Crime
Drama
Thriller
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.
Production Countries
Japan
Production Companies
TOHO
Kurosawa Production
Trailers & Videos
Cast
Susumu Fujita
as Detective
Ikio Sawamura
as Taxi Driver
Tatsuya Mihashi
as Tatsuo Iwabuchi
Gen Shimizu
as Managing Director Miura
Yoshio Tsuchiya
as ADA Secretary
Natsuko Kahara
as Mrs. Furuya
Nobuo Nakamura
as Legal Adviser
Masayuki Mori
as Public Corporation Vice President Iwabuchi
Kin Sugai
as Tomoko Wada
Kōji Mitsui
as Reporter A
Yutaka Sada
as Wedding Receptionist
Kyōko Kagawa
as Yoshiko Nishi
Atsuko Ichinomiya
as Mrs. Ariyama
Yoshibumi Tajima
as Reporter B
Toshirō Mifune
as Kôichi Nishi
Takashi Shimura
as Administrative Officer Moriyama
Kō Nishimura
as Contract Officer Shirai
Kunie Tanaka
as Hitman
Kōji Nanbara
as Public Prosecutor Horiuchi
Chishū Ryū
as Public Prosecutor Nonaka
Takeshi Katō
as Itakura
Kamatari Fujiwara
as Assistant-to-the-Chief Wada
Kyū Sazanka
as Construction Company Executive Director Kaneko
Seiji Miyaguchi
as Public Prosecutor Okakura
