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Title: The Bad Sleep Well (1960)
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| 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 | |
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Kô Nishimura | ... | Contract Officer Shirai |
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Takeshi Katô | ... | Itakura |
| Kamatari Fujiwara | ... | Assistant-to-the-Chief Wada | |
| Chishû Ryû | ... | Public Prosecutor Nonaka | |
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Seiji Miyaguchi | ... | Prosecutor Okakura |
| Kôji Mitsui | ... | Reporter A | |
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Ken Mitsuda | ... | Public Corporation President Arimura |
| Nobuo Nakamura | ... | Legal Adviser | |
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Susumu Fujita | ... | Detective |
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Kôji Nanbara | ... | Prosecutor Horiuchi |
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It is a high-profile wedding: the daughter of Mr Iwabuchi, a wealthy businessman, is marrying Mr Nishi, a car salesman. However, Mr Iwabuchi and other senior members of his company are suspected of corporate malfeasance and the wedding becomes a bit of a farce, with the press swarming all over it. To add to the discord, the company officials are rather publicly reminded of an ignominious event which occurred a few years ago - a senior employee committed suicide by jumping from the 7th floor of their offices. Now other senior officials are committing suicide and it looks like it is related to that death of a few years ago. Written by grantss
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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.