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.

• DirectorAkira Kurosawa
• Release19 September 1960
• Genre
  Crime / Drama
• Duration2h 30m
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• Rate
  

  7.7
  271 reviews
• Productions

  TOHO, Kurosawa Production