The Bad Sleep Well

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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.

The cold, sterile corridors of corporate Japan provide a haunting backdrop for this calculated revenge mission. A man infiltrates a powerful conglomerate to dismantle it from the inside, turning business formalities into instruments of psychological warfare.

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