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The Bad Sleep Well

Akira Kurosawa

1960 • 2h 30m

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...

The Bad Sleep Well

The Bad Sleep Well (1960) ORIGINAL TRAILER [HD 1080p]

Cast

Toshirō Mifune

Toshirō MifuneKôichi Nishi

Masayuki Mori

Masayuki MoriPublic Corporation Vice President Iwabuchi

Kamatari Fujiwara

Kamatari FujiwaraAssistant-to-the-Chief Wada

Takeshi Katō

Takeshi KatōItakura

Kyōko Kagawa

Kyōko KagawaYoshiko Nishi

Tatsuya Mihashi

Tatsuya MihashiTatsuo Iwabuchi

Takashi Shimura

Takashi ShimuraAdministrative Officer Moriyama

Kō Nishimura

Kō NishimuraContract Officer Shirai

Kyū Sazanka

Kyū SazankaConstruction Company Executive Director Kaneko

Someshō MatsumotoConstruction Company President Hatano

Gen Shimizu

Gen ShimizuManaging Director Miura

Atsuko Ichinomiya

Atsuko IchinomiyaMrs. Ariyama

Natsuko Kahara

Natsuko KaharaMrs. Furuya

Nobuko TashiroMrs. Moriyama

Ken MitsudaPublic Corporation President Arimura

Crew

Eijiro Hisaita

Eijiro HisaitaWriter

Akira Kurosawa

Akira KurosawaProducer

Ryuzo Kikushima

Ryuzo KikushimaWriter

Shinobu Hashimoto

Shinobu HashimotoWriter

Masaru Satō

Masaru SatōOriginal Music Composer

Tomoyuki Tanaka

Tomoyuki TanakaProducer

Yoshirō Muraki

Yoshirō MurakiProduction Design

Yoshimitsu Banno

Yoshimitsu BannoAssistant Director

William Shakespeare

William ShakespeareOriginal Story

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