The Bad Sleep Well

Plot Summary

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.

7.7 /10

1960

JP

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parent child relationship

film noir

biting

corporate greed

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japanese noir

complex

dramatic

suspenseful

audacious

tragic