Stars: Toshiro Mifune, Masayuki Mori, Kyoko Kagawa, Tatsuya Mihashi, Takashi Shimura

Director: Akira Kurosawa

Summary: Toshiro Mifune discovers corrupt officials as he sets out to avenge the death of his father. Japanese dialogue with subtitles.

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The Bad Sleep Welltells the story of corruption at the highest levels of Japanese business and its tragic consequences. Though flawed by a tedious introductory sequence and by an ending that seems out of sync with the story, it is a fascinating movie and the middle part is especially exciting.

Japanese legend Toshiro Mifune plays Koichi Nishi, the seemingly stoic bridegroom who is trying to get ahead by marrying the boss's daughter, Kieko (Kyoko Kagawa), who was crippled as a girl. The bride's brother, in a shocking display, exposes the groom's motives during his wedding toast and threatens his new brother-in-law with death if he disappoints his sister. But Nishi is not who we think. He was born the illegitimate son of the man who Kieko's father, Iwabuchi (Maysayuki Mori), manipulated into suicide. Now Nishi wants revenge for his father's death. As Nishi slowly destroys Iwabuchi's life, he makes the fatal error of falling in love with his wife, who already loves him. Their unconsummated marriage stands between these two like a palpable pillar of stone. But just when we think the stone has been tossed aside by love, Iwabuchi finds out who his son-in-law really is.

Shot in black and white, this film falls just short of being brilliant. Mifune is amazing in his portrayal of this complex man who lets his father's past destroy his own future and Maysayuki Mori's performance as the evil Iwabuchi is understated but nonetheless chilling. --LuanneBrown

Aspect Ratio:	2.35 Wide Screen, 16:9 Anamorphic Wide Screen
Main Language:	Japanese
Region:	Region 2
Subtitles:	English
Year:	1960
Release Date:	July 25, 2005
Runtime:	144 minutes
Certification:
Catalogue Number:	B F I V D 637
Keywords:	Action, Subtitled, Bad, Sleep, General, Wide, Screen, Well, Japanese, Adventure
Genre:	Action/Adventure