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.
Director(s): Akira Kurosawa
Writer(s): Eijirō Hisaita, Ryūzō Kikushima, Shinobu Hashimoto, Hideo Oguni, Akira Kurosawa
Producer(s): Akira Kurosawa, Tomoyuki Tanaka
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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 ...
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