


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.

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

Kōji Nanbara
Public Prosecutor Horiuchi

Chishū Ryū
Public Prosecutor Nonaka

Seiji Miyaguchi
Public Prosecutor Okakura

Kin Sugai
Tomoko Wada

Yoshio Tsuchiya
ADA Secretary
Akira Kurosawa
Hideo Oguni, Eijiro Hisaita, Akira Kurosawa, Ryuzo Kikushima, Shinobu Hashimoto
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