The Bad Sleep Well (悪い奴ほどよく眠る, Warui yatsu hodo yoku nemuru) is a 1960 Japanese crime mystery film directed by Akira Kurosawa. It was the first film to be produced under Kurosawa's own independent production company. It was entered into the 11th Berlin International Film Festival.
The film stars Toshiro Mifune as a young man who gets a prominent position in a corrupt postwar Japanese company in order to expose the men responsible for his father's death. It has its roots in Shakespeare's Hamlet, while also doubling as a critique of corporate corruption. It is one of four films, along with Drunken Angel (1948), Stray Dog (1949) and High and Low (1963), in which Kurosawa explores the film noir genre.
The Bad Sleep Well was Kurosawa's first encounter with Shakespeare during his career. In 1957, Kurosawa directed Throne of Blood, based on Shakespeare's Macbeth. In 1985, he directed the film Ran, based on King Lear. Despite the changes in setting and language, all three films have received critical acclaim.
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Screen Adaptation - Co-Production : MISANTHROPOS – Official Website - https://www.misanthropos.net
Adapted by Maximianno Cobra, from Shakespeare's "Timon of Athens", the film exposes the timeless challenge of social hypocrisy, disillusion and annihilation against the poetics of friendship, love, and beauty.
IMDb page: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt6946736/
The film stars Toshiro Mifune as a young man who gets a prominent position in a corrupt postwar Japanese company in order to expose the men responsible for his father's death. It has its roots in Shakespeare's Hamlet, while also doubling as a critique of corporate corruption. It is one of four films, along with Drunken Angel (1948), Stray Dog (1949) and High and Low (1963), in which Kurosawa explores the film noir genre.
The Bad Sleep Well was Kurosawa's first encounter with Shakespeare during his career. In 1957, Kurosawa directed Throne of Blood, based on Shakespeare's Macbeth. In 1985, he directed the film Ran, based on King Lear. Despite the changes in setting and language, all three films have received critical acclaim.
Read Shakespeare's Complete Works online for free: https://shakespearenetwork.net/works/
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Screen Adaptation - Co-Production : MISANTHROPOS – Official Website - https://www.misanthropos.net
Adapted by Maximianno Cobra, from Shakespeare's "Timon of Athens", the film exposes the timeless challenge of social hypocrisy, disillusion and annihilation against the poetics of friendship, love, and beauty.
IMDb page: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt6946736/
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00:00The following footage is from our vault of classics, taken ten years after its release.
00:04Some scenes are not suitable for major children.
00:27Let's go.
00:29Where?
00:30Your special ceremony.
00:37This is a modest and moving story that does not violently shake the soul of a modern man.
00:52If they hadn't eaten, they would be sleeping happily now.
00:59I won't forgive them.
01:01No matter how much I hate them, I can't hate them.
01:05I won't forgive them.
01:07A film by Akira Kurosawa
01:21The world-famous film director, Akira Kurosawa, has made a brilliant film.
01:32Go away, Yoshiko. He won't find you.
01:36He's just a wounded soldier.
01:57Yoshiko.
01:59Yoshiko.
02:03What are you going to do with the 300 million yen?
02:06Are you going to give me another 100 million yen?
02:08Hey, 100% of the money will be yours.
02:10There's no way you can get another 100 million yen with 120 million yen.
02:16We'll be there in two and a half hours.
02:29This is a modest and moving story that does not violently shake the soul of a modern man.
02:39If they hadn't eaten, they would be sleeping happily now.
02:48Brother, what are you thinking?
02:51What do you think is going on?
02:53You'll know when you get there.
02:58A film by Akira Kurosawa