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- Buster The BearSeptember 12, 2025"Power tends to corrupt, and absolute power corrupts absolutely"
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The Bad Sleep Well was released on October 1, 1960.
The Bad Sleep Well was directed by Akira Kurosawa.
The Bad Sleep Well has a runtime of 2h 30m.
The Bad Sleep Well was produced by Akira Kurosawa, Tomoyuki Tanaka.
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.
The key characters in The Bad Sleep Well are Kôichi Nishi (Toshirō Mifune), Public Corporation Vice President Iwabuchi (Masayuki Mori), Assistant-to-the-Chief Wada (Kamatari Fujiwara).
The Bad Sleep Well is rated Not Rated.
The Bad Sleep Well is a Crime, Drama, Thriller film.
The Bad Sleep Well has an audience rating of 9.1 out of 10.
The Bad Sleep Well had a budget of $229K.
The Bad Sleep Well has made $144K at the box office.