The Bad Sleep Well

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Berlin International Film Festival 1961 - Nominated - Golden Berlin Bear

Kinema Junpo Awards 1961 - Won - Best Screenplay

Mainichi Film Concours 1961 - Won - Best Film Score

Mainichi Film Concours 1961 - Won - Best Supporting Actor

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Film Synopsis

A young executive hunts down his father's killer in director Akira Kurosawa's scathing The Bad Sleep Well. Continuing his legendary collaboration with actor Toshiro Mifune, Kurosawa combines elements of Hamlet and American film noir to chilling effect in exposing the corrupt boardrooms of postwar corporate Japan.

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Runtime:
150 min.

Country:
JAPAN

Language:
Japanese

Color:
Color

Plot Summary

SPECIAL FEATURES:

New, restored high-definition digital transfer
A 33-minute documentary on the making of The Bad Sleep Well, created as part of the Toho Masterworks series
Original theatrical trailer
New and improved subtitle translation
New essays by film critic Chuck Stephens and director Michael Almereyda (Deadwood, Hamlet)

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Directed by
Akira Kurosawa

Produced by
Tomoyuki Tanaka
Akira Kurosawa

Writing credits
Eijirô Hisaita
Shinobu Hashimoto

Cast

Takashi Shimura
Kô Nishimura
Masayuki Mori
Tatsuya Mihashi
Toshirô Mifune
Kyôko Kagawa

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