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The Bad Sleep Well

1960 · Movie · Not Rated · 150 min · ★ 7.7 · 95% critics

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At a high-profile corporate wedding, a strange cake display dredges up a long-buried scandal tied to a suspicious death. As arrests and cover-ups ripple through the company, an ambitious insider quietly pushes a revenge-driven plan to expose corruption—only to find the system’s power and personal ties complicate every move.

Also known as The Worse You Are, the Better You Sleep · The Rose in the Mud

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Streaming on Kanopy and The Criterion Channel.

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Details
Original title
悪い奴ほどよく眠る
Years
1960
Release date
1960-09-19
Language
Japanese
Rated
Not Rated
Runtime
150 min
Critic score
95/100
TMDB rating
7.7/10 (283 votes)
About

You’ll likely enjoy this if you want a dark, revenge-tinged corporate drama about power, guilt, and cover-ups, with a slow-burn feel similar to High and Low or Stray Dog; Not for you if you need fast pacing and constant action.

Pros: gripping revenge setup; sharp corruption themes; tense set pieces | Cons: overlong middle stretch; talky, slow pacing; uneven performances

Themes

  • corruption
  • parent child relationship
  • film noir
  • wedding
  • biting
  • corporate greed
  • japanese noir
  • physical disability
  • complex
  • dramatic
  • suspenseful
  • audacious
  • +1 more

Cast & crew

Directed by Akira Kurosawa