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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.Read moreLess
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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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.
Watch trailerCast & crew
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
Gen ShimizuManaging Director Miura
Atsuko IchinomiyaMrs. AriyamaExplore the crew
- Writer
- Hideo Oguni
- Writer
- Akira Kurosawa
- Writer
- Ryuzo Kikushima
- Producer
- Akira Kurosawa
- Original Music Composer
- Masaru Satō
- Director
- Akira Kurosawa
- Writer
- Eijiro Hisaita
- Producer
- Tomoyuki Tanaka
- Editor
- Akira Kurosawa
- Writer
- Shinobu Hashimoto
- Director of Photography
- Yuzuru Aizawa