The Bad Sleep Well

The Bad Sleep Well

150 mins | Drama, Crime, Thriller | Sept. 15, 1960

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.

The Bad Sleep Well

150 mins | Drama, Crime, Thriller | Sept. 15, 1960

The Bad Sleep Well
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.
IMDb rating 8.0
Producers Toho Company, Ltd., Kurosawa Production Co.
Original title 悪い奴ほどよく眠る
Directors Yoshimitsu Banno, Shirô Moritani, Akira Kurosawa
Writers Eijirô Hisaita, Ryûzô Kikushima, Hideo Oguni, Shinobu Hashimoto, Akira Kurosawa

Cast

Toshirō Mifune

as Kôichi Nishi

Masayuki Mori

as Public Corporation Vice President Iwabuchi

Kamatari Fujiwara

as Assistant-to-the-Chief Wada

Takeshi Katō

as Itakura

Kyōko Kagawa

as Yoshiko Nishi

Tatsuya Mihashi

as Tatsuo Iwabuchi

Takashi Shimura

as Administrative Officer Moriyama

Kō Nishimura

as Contract Officer Shirai

Kyū Sazanka

as Construction Company Executive Director Kaneko

Someshô Matsumoto

as Construction Company President Hatano

Gen Shimizu

as Managing Director Miura

Atsuko Ichinomiya

as Mrs. Ariyama

Natsuko Kahara

as Mrs. Furuya

Nobuko Tashiro

as Mrs. Moriyama

Ken Mitsuda

as Public Corporation President Arimura

Kôji Nanbara

as Public Prosecutor Horiuchi

Chishū Ryū

as Public Prosecutor Nonaka

Seiji Miyaguchi

as Public Prosecutor Okakura

Kin Sugai

as Tomoko Wada

Yoshio Tsuchiya

as ADA Secretary

Shirō Tsuchiya

as Construction Company Employee #1

Sôji Ubukata

as Construction Company Employee #2

Susumu Fujita

as Detective

Kunie Tanaka

as Hitman

Kyôko Ozawa

as Iwabuchi Maid #1

Hiromi Mineoka

as Iwabuchi Maid #2

Nobuo Nakamura

as Legal Adviser

Ryôji Shimizu

as Management Section Worker

Gorô Sakurai

as Prosecutor

Kōji Mitsui

as Reporter A

Yoshifumi Tajima

as Reporter B

Hisashi Yokomori

as Reporter C

Jun Kondô

as Reporter D

Akemi Ueno

as Safety Deposit Box Rental Receptionist

Ikio Sawamura

as Taxi Driver

Toshiko Higuchi

as Wada's Daughter

Yutaka Sada

as Wedding Receptionist