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The Bad Sleep Well

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  • 1960
  • 2 hr 31 mins
  • Suspense, Drama
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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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Cast & Crew See All

Toshirô Mifune
Kôichi Nishi
Masayuki Mori
Public Corporation Vice President Iwabuchi
Kyoko Kagawa
Yoshiko Nishi

Awards

  • 1961 - Golden Berlin Bear - - nominated
  • 1961 - Kinema Junpo Award - Best Screenplay - winner
  • 1961 - Mainichi Film Concours - Best Supporting Actor - winner
  • 1961 - Mainichi Film Concours - Best Film Score - winner

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