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The Bad Sleep Well

The Bad Sleep Well (1960)★ 7.9/10

Not Rated · JP · 151 min · September 19, 1960

  • Crime
  • Drama
  • Thriller

Directed by: Akira Kurosawa

Written by: Hideo Oguni, Eijirô Hisaita, Akira Kurosawa, Ryûzô Kikushima, Shinobu Hashimoto

In this modern adaptation of "Hamlet," Kôichi Nishi joins a Japanese corporation, marries the vice president's daughter, and plots to avenge his father's death, uncovering corruption and deceit. As he navigates the corporate world and seeks justice, a web of power and revenge unfolds with dramatic intensity.

Directed by

Akira Kurosawa

Written by

Hideo OguniEijirô HisaitaAkira KurosawaRyûzô KikushimaShinobu Hashimoto

Cast & crew

Toshirô MifuneKôichi NishiMasayuki MoriPublic Corporation Vice President IwabuchiKyôko KagawaYoshiko NishiTatsuya MihashiTatsuo IwabuchiTakashi ShimuraAdministrative Officer MoriyamaKô NishimuraContract Officer ShiraiTakeshi KatôItakuraKamatari FujiwaraAssistant-to-the-Chief WadaChishû RyûPublic Prosecutor NonakaSeiji MiyaguchiProsecutor OkakuraKôji MitsuiReporter AKen MitsudaPublic Corporation President ArimuraNobuo NakamuraLegal AdviserSusumu FujitaDetectiveKôji NanbaraProsecutor HoriuchiGen ShimizuManaging Director MiuraYoshifumi TajimaReporter BSomeshô MatsumotoConstruction Company President HatanoYoshio TsuchiyaADA secertaryKyû SazankaConstruction Company Executive Director KanekoKin SugaiTomoko WadaNatsuko KaharaMrs. FuruyaNobuko TashiroMrs. MoriyamaAtsuko IchinomiyaMrs. AriyamaToshiko HiguchiWada's daughterJun KondôReporter DYutaka SadaWedding receptionistIkio SawamuraTaxi DriverHisashi YokomoriReporter CKunie TanakaHitmanGorô SakuraiProsecutorRyôji ShimizuManagement Section WorkerSōji UbukataConstruction Company EmployeeShirô TsuchiyaConstruction Company EmployeeKyôko OzawaIwabuchi MaidAkemi UenoSafety Deposit Box Rental ReceptionistHiromi MineokaIwabuchi Maid #2