Overview
In this loose adaptation of "Hamlet," illegitimate son K么ichi 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.
DirectorAkira Kurosawa
ProducersAkira Kurosawa, Tomoyuki Tanaka
WritersEijiro Hisaita, Ryuzo Kikushima, Shinobu Hashimoto, Hideo Oguni, Akira Kurosawa
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Toshir艒 Mifune
K么ichi Nishi
Masayuki Mori
Public Corporation Vice President Iwabuchi
Kamatari Fujiwara
Assistant-to-the-Chief Wada
Takeshi Kat艒
Itakura
Ky艒ko Kagawa
Yoshiko Nishi
Tatsuya Mihashi
Tatsuo Iwabuchi
Takashi Shimura
Administrative Officer Moriyama
K艒 Nishimura
Contract Officer Shirai
Ky奴 Sazanka
Construction Company Executive Director Kaneko
Somesh艒 Matsumoto
Construction Company President Hatano
Details
LanguageJapanese
Production companiesTOHO, Kurosawa Production
