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The Bad Sleep Well (1960)
Directed by Akira Kurosawa
Crime, Drama, Thriller · 2h 30m
In this loose adaptation of "Hamlet," illegitimate son Kôichi Nishi climbs to a high position within a Japanese corporation and marries the crippled daughter of company vice president Iwabuchi. At the reception, the wedding cake is a replica of their corporate headquarters, but an aspect of the design reminds the party of the hushed-up death of Nishi's father. It is then that Nishi unleashes his plan to avenge his father's death.
Cast
Toshirō Mifune
Kôichi Nishi
Masayuki Mori
Public Corporation Vice President Iwabuchi
Kamatari Fujiwara
Assistant-to-the-Chief Wada
Takeshi Katō
Itakura
Kyōko Kagawa
Yoshiko Nishi
Tatsuya Mihashi
Tatsuo Iwabuchi
Takashi Shimura
Administrative Officer Moriyama
Kō Nishimura
Contract Officer Shirai
Kyū Sazanka
Construction Company Executive Director Kaneko
S
Someshō Matsumoto
Construction Company President Hatano
Gen Shimizu
Managing Director Miura
Atsuko Ichinomiya
Mrs. Ariyama
Crew
- Director
- Akira Kurosawa
- Writer
- Eijiro Hisaita, Ryuzo Kikushima, Shinobu Hashimoto, Hideo Oguni, Akira Kurosawa
- Director of Photography
- Yuzuru Aizawa
- Original Music Composer
- Masaru Satō
- Editor
- Akira Kurosawa
- Producer
- Akira Kurosawa, Tomoyuki Tanaka
Details
- Original title
- 悪い奴ほどよく眠る
- Release date
- 1960-09-19
- Runtime
- 2h 30m
- Genres
- Crime, Drama, Thriller
- Original language
- JA
- Spoken languages
- Japanese
- Countries
- Japan
- Production
- TOHO, Kurosawa Production
- Budget
- $229,000
- Box office
- $144,000