The Bad Sleep Well (UK-import)
A tense re-working of Hamlet (adapted from a novel by Ed McBain) is a biting exposé of the corruption and politics of greed at the heart of Japanese business. Beautifully photographed in ravishing black and white Tohoscope, this is original Japanese version never before released in Europe. A young man marries the boss's daughter as part of a scheme to take revenge on the influential businessman who forced his father to commit suicide. Leisurely paced, bitterly ironic, the film employs an arid visual style, with hard-edged black and white images of Tokyo that perfectly complement its portrayal of corruption in high places.
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