The bad sleep well.

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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 co...

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Bibliographic Details
Uniform Title:Kanopy films.
Corporate Author: Kanopy (Firm)
Other Authors: Kurosawa, Akira, 1910-1998 (Film director)
Mifune, Toshirō, 1920-1997 (Actor)
Language:Japanese
Published: [place of publication not identified] : Criterion Collection/Janus Films, 1960.
Series:Kanopy films.
Subjects:
Murder > Japan > Drama.
Crime films > Japan > Drama.
Feature films.
Genre:
Drama.
Feature films.
Online Access:
Connect to: A Kanopy streaming video - MSU authorized users (kanopy)
Connect to: Cover Image - MSU authorized users
Physical Description:1 online resource (1 video file, approximately 150 minutes) : digital, .flv file, sound
Format: Electronic Video
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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.
Note:Title from title frames.