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Akira Kurosawa: It Is Wonderful to Create: 'The Bad Sleep Well'

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Documentary made by Toho for the Masterworks reissue of all of its Kurosawa films. This one focuses on "The Bad Sleep Well" (1960).

DirectorYoshinari Okamoto
WritersYoshinari Okamoto·Masayuki Yui
ProducersMasayuki Yui·Teruyo Nogami

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Cast · Directed by Yoshinari Okamoto

MYMasayuki Yui
Masayuki Yui
Narrator
AKAkira Kurosawa
Akira Kurosawa
Self
YMYoshirō Muraki
Yoshirō Muraki
Self
TS
Takao Saitō
Self
YM
Yōichi Matsue
Self
SHShinobu Hashimoto
Shinobu Hashimoto
Self
TNTeruyo Nogami
Teruyo Nogami
Self
KKKyōko Kagawa
Kyōko Kagawa
Self
TMTatsuya Mihashi
Tatsuya Mihashi
Self
KTKunie Tanaka
Kunie Tanaka
Self
TKTakeshi Katō
Takeshi Katō
Self
KNKō Nishimura
Kō Nishimura
Self (voice)

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