Tonight at a glance
- Runtime
- 150 min
- Language
- Japanese
- Country
- Japan
- Frights
- Mild
Why tonight?
- A long one. Start it early, and give it the whole evening.
- In Japanese — subtitles on.
The story
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.
- corruption
- parent child relationship
- film noir
- wedding
- biting
- corporate greed
- japanese noir
- physical disability
- complex
- dramatic
The look
A few frames, chosen rather than collected.
The bill
Toshirō Mifune
Kôichi Nishi
Masayuki Mori
Public Corporation Vice President Iwabuchi
Kamatari Fujiwara
Assistant-to-the-Chief Wada
Takeshi Katō
Itakura
- Kyōko Kagawa — Yoshiko Nishi
- Tatsuya Mihashi — Tatsuo Iwabuchi
- Takashi Shimura — Administrative Officer Moriyama
- Kō Nishimura — Contract Officer Shirai
- Kyū Sazanka — Construction Company Executive Director Kaneko
- Someshō Matsumoto — Construction Company President Hatano
- Gen Shimizu — Managing Director Miura
- Atsuko Ichinomiya — Mrs. Ariyama
- Natsuko Kahara — Mrs. Furuya
- Nobuko Tashiro — Mrs. Moriyama
- Ken Mitsuda — Public Corporation President Arimura
- Directed
- Akira Kurosawa
Production
- Rating
- 7.7 / 10 · 286 ratings
- Studio
- TOHO, Kurosawa Production
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