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The Bad Sleep Well (Japanese: 悪い奴ほどよく眠る, Hepburn: Warui Yatsu Hodo Yoku Nemuru, lit. ' The worse the villain, the better they sleep ') is a 1960 Japanese neo-noir crime mystery film directed by Akira Kurosawa. It was the first film to be produced under Kurosawa's own independent production company.
The Bad Sleep Well: Directed by Akira Kurosawa. With Toshirô Mifune, Masayuki Mori, Kyôko Kagawa, Tatsuya Mihashi. A vengeful young man marries the daughter of a corrupt industrialist in order to seek justice for his father's suicide.
- (14K)
- Crime, Drama, Thriller
- Akira Kurosawa
- 1963-01-22
Watch or download the 1963 Japanese classic by Akira Kurosawa, starring Toshiro Mifune as a young executive who seeks revenge for his father's murder. The film combines elements of Hamlet and American film noir to expose the corporate corruption in postwar Japan.
The Bad Sleep Well. In this loose adaptation of "Hamlet," illegitimate son Kôichi Nishi (Toshirô Mifune) climbs to a high position within a Japanese corporation and marries the crippled daughter...
- (19)
- Toshiro Mifune
- Akira Kurosawa
- Crime, Drama
A classic film noir by Akira Kurosawa, starring Toshiro Mifune as a young executive who seeks revenge for his father's murder. The DVD features a new restoration, a documentary, essays, and a trailer.
- Koichi Nishi
A young executive hunts down his father’s killer in director Akira Kurosawa’s scathing The Bad Sleep Well. Continuing his legendary collaboration with actor Toshiro Mifune, Kurosawa combines elements of Hamlet and American film noir to chilling effect in exposing the corrupt boardrooms of postwar corporate Japan.
- 151 min
- 5.3K
- Dry Ridge School of Art
Mar 29, 2020 · “The Bad Sleep Well” is maybe one of Kurosawa’s darkest films, a work defined by pessimism and a grim portrayal of post-war Japan.
