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.
Genres
Crime, Drama, Thriller
Studio
TOHO
Language
ja
Status
Released
How The Bad Sleep Well performed
Budget
$229,000
Worldwide Gross
$144,000
Gross Profit
−$85,000
Return
0.6× budget
Opening Wknd (est.)
$24K
Source: TMDB. Domestic/international split (~48/52, genre-typical) and the opening-weekend figure (35% of the domestic run, typical for Crime) are MoviesRankd estimates. Profit is gross revenue minus production budget and excludes marketing — studios typically need ~2–2.5× budget to break even.
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Cast
Kôichi Nishi
Toshirō Mifune
Kôichi Nishi
Public Corporation Vice President Iwabuchi
Masayuki Mori
Public Corporation Vice President Iwabuchi
Assistant-to-the-Chief Wada
Kamatari Fujiwara
Assistant-to-the-Chief Wada
Itakura
Takeshi Katō
Itakura
Yoshiko Nishi
Kyōko Kagawa
Yoshiko Nishi
Tatsuo Iwabuchi
Tatsuya Mihashi
Tatsuo Iwabuchi
Administrative Officer Moriyama
Takashi Shimura
Administrative Officer Moriyama
Contract Officer Shirai
Kō Nishimura
Contract Officer Shirai
Construction Company Executive Director Kaneko
Kyū Sazanka
Construction Company Executive Director Kaneko
Construction Company President Hatano
Someshō Matsumoto
Construction Company President Hatano
Managing Director Miura
Gen Shimizu
Managing Director Miura
Mrs. Ariyama
Atsuko Ichinomiya
Mrs. Ariyama
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