“The bad ones sleep peacefully ”, at the Soviet box office “The Evil Remains Alive ” ( Japanese 悪 い 奴 ほ ど よ く 眠 る varuy yatsu hodo yoku nemuru , Warui yatsu hodo yoku nemuru ) - Japanese film by Akira Kurosawa , released in September 1960 . one of Kurosawa's most socially poignant films. [1] Kurosawa's first film as an independent producer, filmed by him for his own company. The main role is played by Toshiro Mifune .
| The bad ones sleep peacefully | |
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| 悪 い 奴 ほ ど よ く 眠 る | |
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| Genre | drama |
| Producer | Akira Kurosawa |
| Producer | Akira Kurosawa Tomoyuki Tanaka |
| Author script | Shinobu Hashimoto Eijiro Hisaita Hideo oguni Ryuzo Kikushima Akira Kurosawa |
| In the main cast | Toshiro Mifune Masayuki Mori Kyoko Kagawa Takashi Shimura |
| Operator | Yuzuru Aizawa |
| Composer | Masaru Sato |
| Film company | Toho Kurosawa productions |
| Duration | 151 minutes |
| A country |  Japan |
| Tongue | |
| Year | 1960 |
| IMDb | ID 0054460 |
Content
Story
The plot of the film is vaguely reminiscent of Shakespeare's Hamlet . [2] A young man, Koichi Nishi (played by Toshiro Mifune ) wants to avenge the death of his father, who was forced to suicide by the vice president of a large land company. In order to imprison the accomplices of the crime, Nishi uses other people's documents (Nishi is not his real name), is hired by the secretary in the same company, comes to trust in the vice president of Iwabuchi and son of Iwabuchi, even marries his daughter Yoshiko. At the wedding, Nishi and Yoshiko bring a large festive cake in the form of a house from which the father of the protagonist fell out, after which the heads of the company understand that someone is hunting for them.
Ideological component
According to R. Yurenev, “the strength and weakness of Kurosawa’s ideological positions affected the film’s imagery system. "He boldly went into battle with capitalist morals, but did not find any other means of struggle than an individual feat, revenge of a loner, prompted by the insult and death of his father." [1] Seeing Hamlet’s parallels, Victor Raspopin writes that the film turns “Shakespeare’s problems inside out, for Hamlet’s strength is in his weakness, and Nisi’s strength is in anger until it runs out.” [3]
Akira Iwasaki, in a review for The Art of Cinema, wrote [4] :
Kurosawa created a work of great power. The film shows with great conviction the hatred of an ordinary person to social injustice. The painting is extremely skillfully constructed and completely captures the viewer.
The only drawback of the film is its plot intricacies that distract the viewer from the main topic. Following one after another, unexpected turns of action lead to the fact that the film begins to be perceived as a regular drama of revenge, like "Count of Monte Cristo." Many events take place before the avenger manages to achieve his goal and punish evil. However, at this time, the avenger himself appears in the role of the one to be avenged, and the victory ultimately remains on the side of the high-ranking sales clique. The plot intricacies lead to the fact that genuine issues recede into the background.
Cast
- Toshiro Mifune - Koichi Nishi ( 西 幸 一 )
- Masayuki Mori - Iwabuchi Vice President ( 岩 淵 )
- Kyoko Kagawa - Yoshiko Iwabuchi (Nishi) ( Japanese 岩 淵 佳 子 )
- Tatsuya Mikhashi - Tatsuo Iwabuchi ( 岩 淵 辰 夫 )
- Takashi Shimura - Moriyama ( 守 山 )
- Takeshi Kato - Takushura ( 板倉 )
- Kamatari Fujiwara - Wada
- Tishu Ryu - Nonaka
- Seiji Miyaguchi - Okakura
Awards and nominations
- In 1961, the film participated in the main competition of the Berlin Film Festival .
- The picture was awarded two Mainity awards for 1961 in the nominations "Best Supporting Actor" (Masayuki Mori) and Best Film Music (Masaru Sato).
Notes
- ↑ 1 2 R.N. Yurenev . Lone Horseman in the Fog / Akira Kurosawa. M .: Art, 1977.
- ↑ The bad ones sleep peacefully . World-art . Date of treatment June 9, 2009. Archived on August 26, 2011.
- ↑ Raspopin, Victor. The evil ones sleep peacefully (The worse a person is, the better he sleeps) (July 25, 2002). Date of treatment June 9, 2009. Archived on August 26, 2011.
- ↑ Iskusstvo Kino, No. 8, August 1961, page (s): 140-144
Links
- “The Bad Sleep Peacefully” on the Internet Movie Database
- The bad ones sleep peacefully on the allmovie website
- “The Bad Sleep Peacefully” on the Rotten Tomatoes website