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- Release, runtime and language
- 1960 · 150 mins · Japanese
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- Directed by
- Akira Kurosawa
- Starring
- Toshirô Mifune, Kyôko Kagawa, Takashi Shimura, Takeshi Katô, Tatsuya Mihashi, Chishû Ryû
A loose retelling of Hamlet follows illegitimate son Kôichi Nishi as he rises within a Japanese corporation and marries the disabled daughter of vice‑president Iwabuchi. At their reception, the wedding cake—a replica of the firm’s headquarters—evokes the concealed murder of Nishi’s father, prompting him to set his revenge in motion.
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