IMDb RATING
8.0/10
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A vengeful young man marries the daughter of a corrupt industrialist in order to seek justice for his father's suicide.A vengeful young man marries the daughter of a corrupt industrialist in order to seek justice for his father's suicide.A vengeful young man marries the daughter of a corrupt industrialist in order to seek justice for his father's suicide.
- Awards
- 3 wins & 1 nomination
Storyline
Did you know
- TriviaThe ideas for the film came from Akira Kurosawa's nephew, Mike Y. Inoue, who wanted to be a scriptwriter and was giving his scripts to his uncle. Kurosawa liked it and made suggestions, to which Inoue spent six months rewriting the script under the title "Bad Men's Prosperity." Kurosawa, along with several others, reworked it even more into the final version, though Inoue did not receive screen credit.
- GoofsWhen Nishi is trying to push Shirai out of the window, the brick wall outside of the window moves around - a lot.
- Quotes
Koichi Nishi: It's not easy hating evil. You have to stoke your own fury until you become evil yourself.
- Alternate versionsOriginally released at 151 in Japan; USA version removes 16 minutes of footage.
- SoundtracksBridal Chorus
(uncredited)
from "Lohengrin"
Music by Richard Wagner
Played at the end of the wedding ceremony
Featured review
Kurosawa in top form
The Bad Sleep Well is one of the best revenge movies of all time. It stars the great Toshiro Mifune as a man seeking revenge against the people who forced his father into committing suicide. Unlike many revenge movies, The Bad Sleep Well doesn't glamorize its subject. Instead it shows how in trying to get retribution for a man who is now dead, Mifune ends up injuring himself and other people he loves who are still alive. There are a lot of beautiful and haunting images, like when we see a desperate man struggling to climb a volcano so he can throw himself in, or a number of scenes that are shot at the bombed out wreckage of an old WWII munitions plant. The bleak landscape mirrors the damaged lives of the movie's characters. Powerful and haunting, this is a movie that will follow you for days.
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- RussyPelican
- Nov 5, 2007
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- Release date
- Country of origin
- Language
- Also known as
- Hudobni mirno spijo
- Filming locations
- Aso Kuju National Park, Kyushu, Japan(volcanic area)
- Production companies
- See more company credits at IMDbPro
Box office
- Budget
- ¥82,540,000 (estimated)
- Gross US & Canada
- $46,808
- Opening weekend US & Canada
- $15,942
- Jul 28, 2002
- Gross worldwide
- $46,808
- Runtime2 hours 31 minutes
- Color
- Aspect ratio
- 2.35 : 1
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