The Bad Sleep Well

Name: The Bad Sleep Well
Director: Akira Kurosawa
Released: 1960
Duration: 150 min
Rating: 8
Cast: Toshirô Mifune, Masayuki Mori, Kyôko Kagawa, Tatsuya Mihashi, Takashi Shimura

1960 · 150 MIN · IMDB 8.0 · 14,693 VOTES · DIR. Akira Kurosawa

Overview

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.

Dialogue Timeline — 1,389 lines

A SAMPLE ACROSS THE RUNTIME — EVERY LINE IS SEARCHABLE

00:00:30 A TOHO PRODUCTION

00:09:21 He only became secretary after his engagement.

00:14:10 Today we sit among distinguished guests

00:20:06 Allow me to replace that.

00:25:17 And this one to Shibuya, where Vice President Iwabuchi lives.

00:30:39 Prosecutor

00:36:53 Has to be an Imperial.

00:43:31 What the papers hint at can't be true.

00:51:14 Calm down.

00:59:24 He came home early last night.

01:05:29 We've got to stick together. Don't go too rough on Shirai.

01:11:09 Where's Father?

01:20:45 His neck broken, lying in a pool of his own blood.

01:27:33 The papers will have a field day.

01:32:01 Fine. Just don't get hung up on it.

01:36:08 And where are the woman and her son now?

01:42:07 Stop!

01:47:03 The day after they searched Dairyu and arrested Wada

01:52:31 Of course not.

01:56:59 You can't get to Nishi with your sob stories.

02:04:35 When I found out that the man I'd known as my uncle was my father

02:11:16 Who was it?

02:18:27 Did you shoot Nishi?

02:25:10 The assistant.

Cast & Characters

Toshirô Mifune Kôichi Nishi Masayuki Mori Public Corporation Vice President Iwabuchi Kyôko Kagawa Yoshiko Nishi Tatsuya Mihashi Tatsuo Iwabuchi Takashi Shimura Administrative Officer Moriyama Kô Nishimura Contract Officer Shirai Takeshi Katô Itakura Kamatari Fujiwara Assistant-to-the-Chief Wada Chishû Ryû Public Prosecutor Nonaka Seiji Miyaguchi Prosecutor Okakura

Dialogue Record

Lines indexed1,389

Dialogue density9.3 lines / min

First line00:00:30

Final line02:25:10

Production Record

DirectorAkira Kurosawa

LanguageJapanese

IMDb votes14,693