The Prince Charles Cinema

The Bad Sleep Well

  • 1960
  • 151mins
  • Japan
  • (PG)
  • Neo Noir
Directed by Akira Kurosawa Starring Toshi, Kyôko Kagawa, Masayuki Mori, Toshirô Mifune

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.

Wednesday 8th April