Bad Sleep Well DVD

Bad Sleep Well 

A film by Akira Kurosawa

Koichi Nishi (Toshiro Mifune) is a grieving son seeking revenge for his father's suicide. Assuming a new identity, he rises through the ranks of the Public Corporation and cynically marries the president's daughter to better infiltrate the company and expose the corrupt practices responsible for his father's death. But when Koichi falls in love with his wife, disaster strikes.

The first feature produced by Kurosawa's own production company is an impressive tale of greed, corporate corruption, and revenge. It is a powerful indictment of the dark side of business and politics, with clear overtones of Hamlet.

The Bad Sleep Well was filmed in glorious Tohoscope and has previously only been available in an abridged international version - BFI Video is proud to finally release the film in its uncut, original form.

Japan | 1960 | black and white | Japanese with English subtitles | 145 minutes | Academy aspect ratio 2.35:1 (16x9 anamorphic) | Region 2 DVD