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Watch or download the 1963 Japanese film The Bad Sleep Well, a scathing critique of postwar corporate Japan. The film combines elements of Hamlet and American film noir, and features Toshiro Mifune as a young executive seeking revenge.
- 151 min
- 25K
- Shadows of the Dark
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
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
Directed by Akira Kurosawa. Starring Toshirô Mifune, Masayuki Mori and Kyôko Kagawa. The Bad Sleep Well Blu-ray : https://amzn.to/4bVDZeE The Bad Sleep Well DVD :...
- 3 min
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- HD Retro Trailers
The Bad Sleep Well. 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. Film Info.
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An elaborate wedding reception for Keiko, the daughter of President Iwabuchi of the Unutilized Land Development Corporation, and Koichi Nishi, the president's secretary, is interrupted when corporate executive Wada is arrested on charges of embezzlement.
