The Bad Sleep Well

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.

• Eijiro HisaitaWriter
• Ryuzo KikushimaWriter
• Akira KurosawaDirector
• Shinobu HashimotoWriter
• Masaru SatōOriginal Music Composer
• Hideo OguniWriter
• Akira KurosawaWriter

• 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