Product: The Bad Sleep Well (1963)
Rating: 5.0
Classic Kurosawa/Mifune
Any cinema fan will note the opening wedding scene in The Bad Sleep Well, and its influence on American film makers. Kurosawa carefully sets up the tensions that will explode in (off-screen) violence near the film's conclusion.Here's why you should run out and buy this dvd: Mifune is great, the story riveting, the direction immaculate. The actors from Kurosawa's stock cast turn in wonderful performances, and the story has relevance today as much as when the film was made. When Mifune whistles, I get chills.Don't miss this!