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

00:09:28 Nishi, who lost his family to the war...

00:14:26 leaves me dumbfounded.

00:20:40 INVESTIGATION OF DAIRYU CONSTRUCTION

00:26:17 Something else from our informer.

00:31:24 He has yet to return home.

00:38:11 They've put on quite a show.

00:44:47 I'm sorry for allowing this to cause you such concern.

00:53:27 Seems there's something in there you don't want me to see.

01:01:10 If only for Yoshiko's sake.

01:07:07 They're rather full of themselves, I have to say.

01:13:15 In a word, we're here out of concern

01:23:14 for me too?

01:29:49 That's my conclusion.

01:34:20 proves he's begun to really trust me.

01:39:13 He's out late every night. Last night it was 2:00 a. m.

01:45:51 Next I'll introduce myself.

01:50:27 and this guy a bastard child, we made a perfect team.

01:56:02 How touching.

02:02:44 But I could never ask that of you.

02:08:26 even going to the trouble of indicating dosage.

02:17:02 That'll be the safest place.

02:24:29 I'm Itakura now. I can't testify to anything.

02:30:26 THE END

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 line02:30:26

Production Record

DirectorAkira Kurosawa

LanguageJapanese

IMDb votes14,693