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Rating: 8 stars

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The Bad Sleep Well (1960)

Directed by Akira Kurosawa

Drama | Crime | Romance

Overview

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.

Length 150 minutes

Actors

Toshirō Mifune | Masayuki Mori | Kamatari Fujiwara | Takeshi Katô | Kyôko Kagawa | Tatsuya Mihashi | Takashi Shimura | Kô Nishimura | Kyû Sazanka | Someshô Matsumoto | Gen Shimizu | Atsuko Ichinomiya | Natsuko Kahara | Nobuko Tashiro | Ken Mitsuda | Kôji Nanbara | Chishū Ryū | Seiji Miyaguchi | Kin Sugai | Yoshio Tsuchiya | Shirô Tsuchiya | Sôji Ubukata | Susumu Fujita | Kunie Tanaka | Kyôko Ozawa | Hiromi Mineoka | Nobuo Nakamura | Ryôji Shimizu | Gorô Sakurai | Kôji Mitsui | Yoshifumi Tajima | Hisashi Yokomori | Jun Kondô | Akemi Ueno | Ikio Sawamura | Toshiko Higuchi | Yutaka Sada

Viewing History (seen 1 time)

Viewing Notes

5th film in my Thanksgiving Kurosawa project and one I bought specifically for this. After a fairly dry start to lay some groundwork, things really get going. The final hour is terrific with the budding romance between Nishi (Mifune) and the beautiful Yoshiko (Kyôko Kagawa). Those are some of the best moments.

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