The Bad Sleep Well
悪い奴ほどよく眠る
Japan • 1960
Director
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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.
Synopsis
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.
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Credits
Crew
DirectorAkira Kurosawa
CinematographerYuzuru Aizawa
ComposerMasaru Satō
EditorAkira Kurosawa
ProducerAkira Kurosawa, Tomoyuki Tanaka
Cast
Toshirō Mifuneas Kôichi Nishi