

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.
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- Status
- Released
- Budget
- $229K
- Box office
- $144K
- Language
- Japanese
- corruption
- parent child relationship
- film noir
- wedding
- biting
- corporate greed
- japanese noir
- physical disability
- complex
- dramatic
- suspenseful
- audacious
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Japan
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Release dates
United StatesUS
- Theatrical22 Jan 1963
CzechiaCZ
- PhysicalDVD1 Sept 2006
- TVČT219 Apr 2009
FranceFR
- TheatricalRe-release21 Jul 2004
- PhysicalRe-release3 May 2017
ItalyIT
- TVRaiuno18 Jan 1986
JapanJP
- Theatrical19 Sept 1960
NetherlandsNL
- Physical6DVD15 Mar 2005
RussiaSU
- Theatrical19 Oct 1964
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The Bad Sleep Well was released on 19 September 1960.
Audience reviews
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CinemaSerf
11/17/2022
We start with the sight of a group of journalists at a wedding. The daughter of an industrialist is marrying the son of another. Nothing new here until, that is, an extra wedding cake is wheeled into the reception shaped just like an office block. Sticking out of a seventh floor window is a rose. We are quickly told that symbolises the window from which the groom's father committed suicide. Shortly afterwards, two se…
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