---
title: 'The Bad Sleep Well (1960)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Akira Kurosawa'
released: '1960-01-01'
runtime_minutes: 151
genres:
  - 'Drama'
countries:
  - 'Japan'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/the-bad-sleep-well-1960'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0054460/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# The Bad Sleep Well (1960)

1960 · 151 min · Drama · Japan

Original title: 悪い奴ほどよく眠る

## Synopsis

The Bad Sleep Well  is a 1960 Japanese neo-noir crime mystery film directed by Akira Kurosawa. It was the first film to be produced under Kurosawa's own independent production company. It was entered into the 11th Berlin International Film Festival.

## Credits

- **Director:** [Akira Kurosawa](https://cinepixo.com/people/akira-kurosawa)
- **Screenplay:** [Akira Kurosawa](https://cinepixo.com/people/akira-kurosawa), [Hideo Oguni](https://cinepixo.com/people/hideo-oguni)
- **Editor:** [Akira Kurosawa](https://cinepixo.com/people/akira-kurosawa)
- **Original Music Composer:** [Masaru Sato](https://cinepixo.com/people/masaru-sato)
- **Producer:** [Tomoyuki Tanaka](https://cinepixo.com/people/tomoyuki-tanaka)

## Cast

- [Kin Sugai](https://cinepixo.com/people/kin-sugai)
- [Takeshi Katō](https://cinepixo.com/people/takeshi-kato)
- [Kō Nishimura](https://cinepixo.com/people/ko-nishimura)
- [Kyōko Kagawa](https://cinepixo.com/people/kyoko-kagawa)
- [Chishū Ryū](https://cinepixo.com/people/chishu-ryu)
- [Kōji Nanbara](https://cinepixo.com/people/koji-nanbara)
- [Seiji Miyaguchi](https://cinepixo.com/people/seiji-miyaguchi)
- [Kamatari Fujiwara](https://cinepixo.com/people/kamatari-fujiwara)
- [Ken Mitsuda](https://cinepixo.com/people/ken-mitsuda)
- [Takashi Shimura](https://cinepixo.com/people/takashi-shimura)
- [Masayuki Mori](https://cinepixo.com/people/masayuki-mori)
- [Susumu Fujita](https://cinepixo.com/people/susumu-fujita)
- [Toshirō Mifune](https://cinepixo.com/people/toshiro-mifune)
- [Nobuo Nakamura](https://cinepixo.com/people/nobuo-nakamura)

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