THE BAD SLEEP WELL Review II
THE BAD SLEEP WELL Review: Part I
The saddest thing is that the corruption detailed in The Bad Sleep Well feels so minor league today that it seems almost childish when compared to Enron, Worldcom, and the many others in the years since. In a sense, Iwabuchi isn’t even the top criminal in the film. That title would belong to the corporation’s little-seen president, Arimura (Ken Mitsuda), who, later on, when things seem to be going against the corporation, sends over a vial of poison for Iwabuchi to do himself in. Watching The Bad Sleep Well, one can see exactly how the militarists that arose in the early twentieth century were so easily able to lead their country down the [...]
by Dan Schneider | January 10, 2007
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Tags: Akira Kurosawa, Classic Movies, DVDs, Film Reviews, The Bad Sleep Well, The Criterion Collection, Toshiro Mifune, Yuzuru Aizawa
