The Bad Sleep Well
The Bad Sleep Well [videorecording] /
director, Akira Kurosawa; producer, Tomoyuki Tanaka; producer, Akira Kurosawa; writer, Akira Kurosawa; writer, Shinobu Hashimoto; writer, Hideo Oguni; writer, Ryûzô Kikushima.
- BFI, 2005.
- 1 videodisc (130 min.) : b&w.
- 021000
Extras to be confirmed, Region 2, 1 disc(s), Interactive menus, Scene access, Ratio (1:2.35 CinemaScope), Enhanced for WideScreen TV, Languages (Japanese), Subtitles (English). Made in 1960. Based on the novel by Ed McBain. Credits: music, Sasaru Sato. DVDN.
Cast: Toshirô Mifune, Takeshi Katoh, Masayuki Mori, Takashi Shimura, Akira Nishimura, Kamatari Fujiwara, Tatsuya Mihashi, Kyoko Kagawa.
This was Akira Kurosawa's first independent feature and for it he adapted an Ed McBain thriller, transposing the action to Japan. In this tale of revenge, Koichi Nishi (Toshiro Mifune) obtains a position as private scretary to Iwabuchi (Masayuki Mori), the government official he suspects killed his father. Nishi then marries Iwabuchi's daughter and plans a fitting retribution.
BBFC code: PG.
DVD.
Retail / Rental (£19.99)
5035673006375
BFIVD637 BFI
Feature : Foreign
Extras to be confirmed, Region 2, 1 disc(s), Interactive menus, Scene access, Ratio (1:2.35 CinemaScope), Enhanced for WideScreen TV, Languages (Japanese), Subtitles (English). Made in 1960. Based on the novel by Ed McBain. Credits: music, Sasaru Sato. DVDN.
Cast: Toshirô Mifune, Takeshi Katoh, Masayuki Mori, Takashi Shimura, Akira Nishimura, Kamatari Fujiwara, Tatsuya Mihashi, Kyoko Kagawa.
This was Akira Kurosawa's first independent feature and for it he adapted an Ed McBain thriller, transposing the action to Japan. In this tale of revenge, Koichi Nishi (Toshiro Mifune) obtains a position as private scretary to Iwabuchi (Masayuki Mori), the government official he suspects killed his father. Nishi then marries Iwabuchi's daughter and plans a fitting retribution.
BBFC code: PG.
DVD.
Retail / Rental (£19.99)
5035673006375
BFIVD637 BFI
Feature : Foreign
