Product: The Bad Sleep Well (1963)
Rating: 5.0
One of AK's best
It is unfortunate that Luanne Brown's editorial review of The Bad Sleep Well is so negative. The beginning is no more "tedious" or "flawed" than the ending is "out of sync." In fact, both the beginning and end of the film are quite brilliant, as is the body of the film. Few, if any, directors could have told such a complex story in a such a clear and gripping way.Many people first become aware of Kurosawa through his samurai films, especially Yojimbo and Seven Samurai. If you haven't seen his contemporary films, The Bad Sleep Well is one of the best, along with Stray Dog and High and Low.