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The Bad Sleep Well

The Bad Sleep Well (1960)

Directed by Akira Kurosawa
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2h 30min

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5.0/10

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Plot

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.

Full cast

ActorRole
Kō NishimuraContract Officer Shirai
Kyū SazankaConstruction Company Executive Director Kaneko
Someshō MatsumotoConstruction Company President Hatano
Gen ShimizuManaging Director Miura
Atsuko IchinomiyaMrs. Ariyama
Natsuko KaharaMrs. Furuya
Nobuko TashiroMrs. Moriyama
Ken MitsudaPublic Corporation President Arimura
Kōji NanbaraPublic Prosecutor Horiuchi
Chishū RyūPublic Prosecutor Nonaka
Seiji MiyaguchiPublic Prosecutor Okakura
Kin SugaiTomoko Wada
Yoshio TsuchiyaADA Secretary
Shirō TsuchiyaConstruction Company Employee #1
Sōji UbukataConstruction Company Employee #2
Susumu FujitaDetective
Kunie TanakaHitman
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Kyōko OzawaIwabuchi Maid #1
Hiromi MineokaIwabuchi Maid #2
Nobuo NakamuraLegal Adviser
Ryôji ShimizuManagement Section Worker
Gorô SakuraiProsecutor
Kōji MitsuiReporter A
Yoshibumi TajimaReporter B
Hisashi YokomoriReporter C
Jun KondôReporter D
Akemi UenoSafety Deposit Box Rental Receptionist
Ikio SawamuraTaxi Driver
Toshiko HiguchiWada's Daughter
Yutaka SadaWedding Receptionist

Genres

CrimeDramaThriller

Technical details

DettaglioValore
Titolo originale悪い奴ほどよく眠る
Lingua originale日本語 (JA)
Lingue parlate日本語
Paesi di produzioneJapan
StatoReleased
Compagnie di produzioneTOHO, Kurosawa Production
Data di uscita19 settembre 1960
ProducerAkira Kurosawa, Tomoyuki Tanaka
WriterEijiro Hisaita, Ryuzo Kikushima, Shinobu Hashimoto, Hideo Oguni, Akira Kurosawa, William Shakespeare
EditorsAkira Kurosawa
CinematographyYuzuru Aizawa, Takao Saitō
Asst. DirectorsYoshimitsu Banno, Shirō Moritani, Akira Kurosawa
Camera OperatorsYuzuru Aizawa, Takao Saitō
Add. PhotographyYuzuru Aizawa, Takao Saitō
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Release dates

Theatrical release

Country

Japan

Date

Sep 19, 1960

Country

United States

Date

Jan 22, 1963

Country

Russia

Date

Oct 19, 1964

Country

France

Date

Jul 21, 2004

Note

Re-release

Physical media

Country

Netherlands

Date

Mar 15, 2005

Certification

6

Note

DVD

Country

Czechia

Date

Sep 01, 2006

Note

DVD

Country

France

Date

May 03, 2017

Note

Re-release

TV

Country

Czechia

Date

Apr 19, 2009

Note

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