Warui yatsu hodo yoku nemuru (1960)

Director:

Akira Kurosawa

Writers:

Hideo Oguni (written by) &
Eijirô Hisaita (written by) ...

Release Date:

22 January 1963 (USA)

Genre:

Crime | Drama | Thriller

Plot:

A vengeful young man marries the daughter of a corrupt industrialist in order to seek justice for his father's suicide.

Plot Keywords:

Scandal | Suicide | Press Conference | Evil Corporation | Reportage

Awards:

3 wins & 1 nomination

Cast

Toshirô Mifune	...	Kôichi Nishi
Masayuki Mori	...	Public Corporation Vice President Iwabuchi
Kyôko Kagawa	...	Yoshiko Nishi
Tatsuya Mihashi	...	Tatsuo Iwabuchi
Takashi Shimura	...	Administrative Officer Moriyama
Kô Nishimura	...	Contract Officer Shirai
Takeshi Katô	...	Itakura
Kamatari Fujiwara	...	Assistant-to-the-Chief Wada
Chishû Ryû	...	Public Prosecutor Nonaka
Seiji Miyaguchi	...	Prosecutor Okakura
Koji Mitsui	...	Reporter A
Ken Mitsuda	...	Public Corporation President Arimura
Nobuo Nakamura	...	Legal Adviser
Susumu Fujita	...	Detective
Kôji Nanbara	...	Prosecutor Horiuchi

Also Known As:

The Bad Sleep Well (International: English title)
The Rose in the Mud
The Worse You Are, the Better You Sleep (Japan) (informal literal English title)

Runtime:

151 min | USA:135 min | UK:132 min

Country:

Japan

Language:

Japanese

Color:

Black and White

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Sound Mix:

Perspecta Stereo (Westrex Recording System)

Certification:

Finland:K-7 (2005) | Netherlands:6 | Australia:PG | Singapore:PG | UK:PG (video rating) (1992) | UK:A (original rating)

Filming Locations:

Toho Studios, Tokyo, Japan

Company:

Toho Company

Trivia:

The smashed car at the film's dramatic climax is a Studebaker.

Quotes:

Administrative Officer Moriyama: [imprisoned inside a locked room] Cut the crap! You've starved me for two whole days!
Koichi Nishi: Would you like to eat?
Administrative Officer Moriyama: Of course!
Koichi Nishi: We haven't got much to offer. You like ham and eggs on toast?
Administrative Officer Moriyama: Anything!
Koichi Nishi: [opening up the locked door and showing him the pan of food] Ham and eggs on toast will run you 15 million.
Administrative Officer Moriyama: 15 million?
Koichi Nishi: Surely you're not shocked! 'Always get a kickback!' That's your policy, isn't it?

Movie Connections:

Referenced in Kurosawa: The Last Emperor (1999) (TV)

Soundtrack:

Bridal Chorus

Under appreciated Kurosawa masterpiece

At the start of this film I didn't know what to expect. I thought it might be a mediocre Kurosawa film. By the end of the film I realized it was one of his best. This film about familial discord and corporate manipulation is breathtaking. Its filled with irony, double crosses, cynicism, manipulation and revenge. In short, its endlessly interesting and captivating. Definitly a must see.