The Bad Sleep Well 1960  N/R, 135 min.
Genre: Foreign / Drama / Thriller
aka: The Rose in the Mud
The Worse You Are, the Better You Sleep
Director: Akira Kurosawa
Cast: Toshiro Mifune, Masayuki Mori, Takeshi Kato, Takashi Shimura, Ko Nishimura, Tatsuya Mihashi, Kamatari Fujiwara, Kyoko Kagawa, Chishu Ryu, Seiji Miyaguchi, Koji Mitsui, Ken Mitsuda, Nobuo Nakamura, Susumu Fujita, Koji Nambara
This indictment of the Japanese approach to business emphasizes the corruption at high levels through the story of Kiochi Nishi (Toshiro Mifune) who marries his boss Iwabuchi's (Masayuki Mori) daughter, Kieko (Kyoko Kagawa), to avenge his father's suicide, which can be traced back to Iwabuchi. But, as Kiochi plots revenge against Iwabuchi, Kiochi falls in love with Kieko just as Iwabuchi realizes who Kiochi really is.
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I Live in Fear 1955  N/R, 105 min.
Genre: Foreign / Drama
aka: Record of a Living Being
Director: Akira Kurosawa
Cast: Toshiro Mifune, Eiko Miyoshi, Haruko Togo, Takashi Shimura, Minoru Chiaki, Kyoko Aoyama, Noriko Sengoku, Akemi Negishi, Hiroshi Tachikawa, Kichijiro Ueda, Eijiro Tono, Yutaka Sada, Kamatari Fujiwara, Masao Shimizu, Ken Mitsuda
Kiichi Nakajima (Toshiro Mifune) fears a nuclear holocaust in Japan and wants his family to move with him to Brazil. When they refuse, Nakajima thinks he will put more pressure on them by burning down his foundry. His ploy fails, and he is sent to a mental asylum where he stares out the window at the sun believing that Earth has been engulfed in the nuclear holocaust that he had feared. A strong statement against nuclear weapons.
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Sansho Dayu 1954  N/R, 126 min.
Genre: Foreign / Drama
aka: Sansho the Bailiff
The Bailiff
Director: Kenji Mizoguchi
Cast: Kinuyo Tanaka, Yoshiaki Hanayagi, Kyoko Kagawa, Eitaro Shindo, Akitake Kono, Masao Shimizu, Ken Mitsuda, Kazukimi Okuni, Yoko Kosono, Noriko Tachibana
Set in the 11th century during Japan's feudalism, this is the story of the tragedies suffered by the family of a venerable governor after he is sent into exile. A classic.
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| 1. The Bad Sleep Well (1960)
aka: The Rose in the Mud
aka: The Worse You Are, the Better You Sleep
2. The Ballad of Narayama (1958)
3. I Live in Fear (1955)
aka: Record of a Living Being
4. Sansho Dayu (1954)
aka: Sansho the Bailiff
aka: The Bailiff
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