Review – The Bad Sleep Well

The battlefield here is 20th century corporate corruption rather than Medieval samurai drama, but this is still classic Kurosawa. Toshiro Mifune stars as an ambitious young executive newly wed to the daughter of one of the company’s high mucky mucks. But strange things are afoot, as the authorities crack down on bribery scandals and our hero reveals a secret agenda of his own. I suspect that at least part of the subtle charm of the drama is lost in the translation, but enough makes it through to keep things interesting. Worth seeing