#319: KUROSAWA, Akira: The Bad Sleep Well (1960)
KUROSAWA, Akira (Japan)
The Bad Sleep Well [1960]
Spine #319
DVD
DVD
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.
150 minutes
Black & White
Black & White
Monaural
in Japanese
2:35:1 aspect ratio
Criterion Release 2006
Director/Writers
Kurosawa was 50 when he directed The Bad Sleep Well.
#413: Drunken Angel (1948)
Eclipse Series 7: Scandal (1950)
Eclipse Series 7: The Idiot (1951)
#221: Ikiru (1952)
#2: Seven Samurai (1954)
Eclipse Series 7: I Live In Fear (1955)
Other Kurosawa films in the Collection:
Eclipse Series 23: Sanshiro Sugata (1943)
Eclipse Series 23: The Most Beautiful (1944)
Eclipse Series 23: Sanshiro Sugata, Part Two (1945)
Eclipse Series 23: The Men Who Tread On The Tiger's Tail (1945)
Eclipse Series 7: No Regrets For Our Youth (1946)
Eclipse Series 7: One Wonderful Sunday (1947)Eclipse Series 23: Sanshiro Sugata (1943)
Eclipse Series 23: The Most Beautiful (1944)
Eclipse Series 23: Sanshiro Sugata, Part Two (1945)
Eclipse Series 23: The Men Who Tread On The Tiger's Tail (1945)
Eclipse Series 7: No Regrets For Our Youth (1946)
#413: Drunken Angel (1948)
Eclipse Series 7: Scandal (1950)
Eclipse Series 7: The Idiot (1951)
#221: Ikiru (1952)
#2: Seven Samurai (1954)
Eclipse Series 7: I Live In Fear (1955)
The Film
Film Rating (0-60):
The Booklet
Fourteen-page booklet featuring essays by Chuck Stephens and Michael Almereyda.
Commentary
None.
Documentary
60
The ExtrasThe Booklet
Fourteen-page booklet featuring essays by Chuck Stephens and Michael Almereyda.
Commentary
None.
Documentary
30-minutes on the making of The Bad Sleep Well.
Original theatrical trailer
Extras Rating (0-40):
Original theatrical trailer
Extras Rating (0-40):
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