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The Bad Sleep Well

Not Rated
Movie
1960
2h 30m
Japanese
Crime, Drama, Thriller
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.
Rating
WATCHMODE
8.1
IMDB
The Bad Sleep Well (1960) on IMDb
CRITIC SCORE
95

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Toshir Mifune
Kôichi Nishi
Masayuki Mori
Public Corporation Vice President I...
Kamatari Fujiwara
Assistant-to-the-Chief Wada
Kyko Kagawa
Yoshiko Nishi
Tatsuya Mihashi
Tatsuo Iwabuchi
Takashi Shimura
Administrative Officer Moriyama
K Nishimura
Contract Officer Shirai
Ky Sazanka
Construction Company Executive Dire...
Somesh Matsumoto
Construction Company President Hata...
Gen Shimizu
Managing Director Miura
Atsuko Ichinomiya
Mrs. Ariyama
Natsuko Kahara
Mrs. Furuya
Nobuko Tashiro
Mrs. Moriyama
Ken Mitsuda
Public Corporation President Arimur...
Kji Nanbara
Public Prosecutor Horiuchi
Chish Ry
Public Prosecutor Nonaka
Seiji Miyaguchi
Public Prosecutor Okakura
Kin Sugai
Tomoko Wada
Yoshio Tsuchiya
ADA Secretary
Shir Tsuchiya
Construction Company Employee #1
Sji Ubukata
Construction Company Employee #2
Susumu Fujita
Detective
Kyko Ozawa
Iwabuchi Maid #1
Directed By: Akira Kurosawa

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Maarten Delfgou says...
3 years ago
The original title of the film is Warui Yatsu Hodo Yoku Nemuru.
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KurtMoney
CONTAINS SPOILERS9/10  8 years ago
I liked this movie a lot but was a little disappointed by the ending. Spoilers coming...I appreciate the choice of not showing Nishi's death, but feel just a bit cheated out of a climax. I'll admit part of me thought there was a chance his father-in-law was going to have a change of heart fo More
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CinemaSerf
2 years ago
We start with the sight of a group of journalists at a wedding. The daughter of an industrialist is marrying the son of another. Nothing new here until, that is, an extra wedding cake is wheeled into the reception shaped just like an office block. Sticking out of a seventh floor window is a rose. We More
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