Shakespeare in Performance: Film
The Bad Sleep Well (1963, Akira Kurosawa)
| Title | The Bad Sleep Well |
|---|---|
| Year | 1963 |
| Release Locations | Japan |
| Director | Akira Kurosawa |
| Medium | Black & white video |
| Length | 2 hrs, 15 mins |
| Play Connections | Hamlet (derivative) |
Description
Another updated Hamlet story in which the setting becomes corporate life in modern day Japan. The director is of course also the maker of the important Shakespeare films, Throne of Blood (307) and Ran (274). (The credits here are taken from Parker's Folger filmography, which is especially valuable for spinoffs and derivatives from the Shakespeare canon.)
Description from Shakespeare on Screen : an International Filmography and Videography by Kenneth S. Rothwell and Annabelle Henkin Melzer. ©1990 Kenneth S. Rothwell. Cited by permission. — Added 2008-11-14
Cast Overview
| Cast | Tokashi Kato |
|---|---|
| Cast | Toshiro Mifune |
| Cast | Mosayuki Mori |
| Cast | Tokashi Shimura |
Production Team and Crew Overview
| Director | Akira Kurosawa |
|---|---|
| Producer | Tomiyuku Tanaka |
| Composer | Masaru Sato |
| Lighting | Yuzura Aizawa |
| Production | Yoshiro Muraki |
Production information courtesy of: Kenneth Rothwell