The Bad Sleep Well (1960)

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151 min - Crime | Drama | Thriller - 22 January 1963 (USA)

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

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Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
	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
	Kôji Mitsui	...	Reporter A
	Ken Mitsuda	...	Public Corporation President Arimura
	Nobuo Nakamura	...	Legal Adviser
	Susumu Fujita	...	Detective
	Kôji Nanbara	...	Prosecutor Horiuchi

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Storyline

In Kurosawa's HAMLET-like story of corporate scandal in post-war Japan, a young man attempts to use his position at the heart of a corrupt company to expose the men responsible for his father's death. Written by Bernard Keane <BKeane2@email.dot.gov.au>

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Crime | Drama | Thriller

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Country:

Japan

Language:

Japanese

Release Date:

22 January 1963 (USA) See more »

Also Known As:

A gonosz jól alszik See more »

Filming Locations:

Toho Studios, Tokyo, Japan

Company Credits

Production Co:

Toho Company, Kurosawa Production Co. See more »

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Technical Specs

Runtime:

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

Sound Mix:

Perspecta Stereo (Westrex Recording System)

Color:

Black and White

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

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Trivia

This was the first co-production between Kurosawa's newly-formed company and Toho. See more »

Quotes

Tatsuo Iwabuchi: [to Nishi about his father who is cooking barbeque wearing an apron] He hardly looks the part of a bad guy.
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Connections

Referenced in Kurosawa: The Last Emperor (1999) See more »

Soundtracks

"Bridal Chorus"
(uncredited)
from "Lohengrin"
Music by Richard Wagner
Played at the end of the wedding ceremony See more »

The Bad Sleep Well (1960)
Warui yatsu hodo yoku nemuru (original title)

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