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1960 | DIRECTED BY AKIRA KUROSAWA

The Bad Sleep Well

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Movie Stats
Year
1960
Runtime
 151 minutes (2 hrs 31 mins)
Select Cast
Toshiro Mifune
Masayuki Mori
Kyoko Kagawa
Tatsuya Mihashi
Takashi Shimura
Ko Nishimura
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First viewed:
17th Oct 2025
Last viewed:
17th Oct 2025
Total views:
19
Release Dates
US release date
 US release
22nd January 1963
62 years 9 months 27 days ago
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Directed by
akira kurosawa Akira Kurosawa
Starring
Toshiro MifuneKoichi Nishi
Masayuki MoriPublic Corporation Vice President Iwabuchi
Kyoko KagawaYoshiko Nishi
Tatsuya MihashiTatsuo Iwabuchi
Takashi ShimuraAdministrative Officer Moriyama
Ko NishimuraContract Officer Shirai
Takeshi KatoItakura
Kamatari FujiwaraAssistant-to-the-Chief Wada
Chishu RyuPublic Prosecutor Nonaka
Seiji MiyaguchiProsecutor Okakura
Koji MitsuiReporter A
Ken MitsudaPublic Corporation President Arimura
Nobuo NakamuraLegal Adviser
Susumu FujitaDetective
Koji NanbaraProsecutor Horiuchi
Gen ShimizuManaging Director Miura
Yoshifumi TajimaReporter B
Somesho MatsumotoConstruction Company President Hatano
Yoshio TsuchiyaADA secertary
Kyu SazankaConstruction Company Executive Director Kaneko
Kin SugaiTomoko Wada
Natsuko KaharaMrs. Furuya
Nobuko TashiroMrs. Moriyama
Atsuko IchinomiyaMrs. Ariyama
Toshiko HiguchiWada's daughter
Jun KondoReporter D
Yutaka SadaWedding receptionist
Ikio SawamuraTaxi Driver
Hisashi YokomoriReporter C
Kunie TanakaHitman
Goro SakuraiProsecutor
Ryoji ShimizuManagement Section Worker
Soji UbukataConstruction Company Employee
Shiro TsuchiyaConstruction Company Employee
Kyoko OzawaIwabuchi Maid
Akemi UenoSafety Deposit Box Rental Receptionist
Hiromi MineokaIwabuchi Maid #2
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Top Grossing Movie Chart Position
UK total gross
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15467
The Hidden Fortress
15468
The Bad Sleep Well
15469
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Genres
Crime
Crime
Drama
Drama
Thriller
Thriller
Popular in these countries
  • United States United States
  • Brazil Brazil
  • China China
  • Bangladesh Bangladesh
  • Vietnam Vietnam
  • Iraq Iraq
  • Canada Canada
  • Peru Peru
  • Australia Australia
  • Argentina Argentina
News from around the web
All 5 Akira Kurosawa Movies from the 1960s, Ranked  Collider Wed, 12th February 2025

The Bad Sleep Well: The Higher Depths  The Criterion Collection Sun, 26th July 2015

Bad Sleep Well, The (Japan, 1960)  Reelviews Movie Reviews Mon, 8th March 2021

How Kurosawa’s The Bad Sleep Well Helped Me to Finally Like Hamlet  talkhouse.com Thu, 26th September 2019

10 Akira Kurosawa Movies That Are Bangers From Start to Finish  Collider Mon, 28th July 2025

The Bad Sleep Well: Shakespeare’s Ghost  The Criterion Collection Thu, 5th January 2006

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