Product: The Bad Sleep Well (1963)
Rating: 3.0
Mildly interesting film for die-hard Kurosawa fans only.
Unless you are a die-hard Kurosawa fan or an Ed McBain fan, this film is not a great one. Nowhere near the brilliance of other Kurosawa modern-day films like High & Low, Stray Dog or The Lower Depths; all 3 of these are far superior, see them instead. Luanna Brown's editorial review is right on the money. The opening wedding scene is very tedious and the film is about 40 minutes too long. This would have been better at 90 minutes, insted of 150. Mifune is awesome as always, and in fact all the performances in this film are very good. Interesting at best, but hardly one of Kurosawa's best (I wouldn't even put it in the top 20) but still entertaining.