The Bad Sleep Well(悪い奴ほどよく眠る)
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Japan · 1960
2h 30m
Director Akira Kurosawa
Starring Toshirō Mifune, Masayuki Mori, Kamatari Fujiwara, Takeshi Katō
Genre Crime, Drama, Thriller
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In this loose adaptation of Shakespeare's "Hamlet," illegitimate son Kôichi Nishi climbs the corporate ladder and marries himself into the household of the company vice president, Iwabuchi, who he believes to be responsible for his father's suspicious death.
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