The Bad Sleep Well (Warui yatsu hodo yoku nemuru) (1960)
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A fine film even if not Kurasawa's best
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A fine film even if not Kurasawa's best
“The Bad Sleep Well is one of Kurasawa's most underrated, and while not his best or one of my favourites it is towards the better end of the spectrum in regard to his movies. The movie is perhaps a little too long, but so much compensates. Such as the superb cinematography(always deliberate yet with something always to see and admire) and direction(subtle while not undermining the sombre and sometimes tense tone), and the beautifully compositioned scenery. The music is often haunting, while the story(loosely based on Hamlet) while not quite as riveting as High and Low is interesting with an astonishing sequence involving Nishi and Wada at his own funeral and a suitably bleak ending. Toshiro Mifune plays one of those characters that goes to extremes but you do feel pity for him, and Mifune a” read more
"June 1st Directed by: Akira Kurosawa 2nd Viewing Previous Rating: 1.5 After: 3.5"