Yojimbo1961
Paired by the Criterion Channel, both directed by Akira Kurosawa, and both starring Toshirō Mifune
The Bad Sleep Well
悪い奴ほどよく眠る
Japan / Japanese / 1960 / 2h 30m
- Criterion Collection
- Spine №319
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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.
