Bad Sleep Well

Psychological Drama DVD - In this engaging drama, acclaimed Japanese director Akira Kurosawa deftly splices together the nuances of hypocrisy, old feudal misconceptions lingering in modern corruption, and Shakespeare's Hamlet. The rotten corporate world is taken on by Koichi Nishi (Toshiro Mifune), who is looking for revenge in the death of his father. Koichi is a private secretary to a government official, and in the opening scene, at Koichi's wedding to the official's disabled daughter, a special cake is brought in which jolts those present -- it reminds them of the suicide that paved the way for their current positions of power. Then the police arrive and arrest one of the wedding guests. Unknown to the others, Koichi is the hidden force behind all the strange happenings that begin to sting their consciences and ruin their lives. Ghostly figures and would-be killers in the dark streets contrast with shining corporate offices as the plot maneuvers to its tragic conclusion. - The Bad Sleep Well (DVD)

Japanese police and a tycoon's son-in-law discover deadly corporate corruption. Directed by Akira Kurosawa.

Release Date: 2006-01-10, Rating Unrated,

A young executive hunts down his father s killer in director Akira Kurosawa s scathing The Bad Sleep Well. Continuing his legendary collaboration with actor Toshiro Mifune, Kurosawa combines elements of Hamlet and American film noir to chilling effect in exposing the corrupt boardrooms of postwar corporate Japan.

DVDs. Bad Sleep Well

The Bad Sleep Well (criterion Collection) (widescreen) (restored / Remastered) - Dvd - Kyoko Kagawa,masayuki Mori,akira Nishimura,susumu Fujita,yutaka Sada,takashi Shimura,kamatari Fujiwara,ko (isao) Kimura,koji Mitsui,chishu Ryu,gen Shimizu,takeshi Kato,tsutomu Yamazaki,nobuo Nakamura,yoshio Tsuchiya,tatsuya Mihashi,seiji Miyaguchi,kyu Sazanka,kenjiro Ishiyama,tatsuya Nakadai,toshiro Mifune,akira Kurosawa - Death Of A Parent,haunted By The Past,office Politics