The Bad Sleep Well (1960)
Directed by Akira Kurosawa · Cinematography by Yuzuru Aizawa
151 min64 frames
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What is The Bad Sleep Well about?
In this loose adaptation of "Hamlet," illegitimate son Kôichi Nishi climbs to a high position within a Japanese corporation and marries the crippled daughter of company vice president Iwabuchi. At the reception, the wedding cake is a replica of their corporate headquarters, but an aspect of the design reminds the party of the hushed-up death of Nishi's father. It is then that Nishi unleashes his plan to avenge his father's death.
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What does the cinematography of The Bad Sleep Well look like?
Sampled across 63 frames, the coverage of The Bad Sleep Well leans on medium shots (59% of the sample) and wide compositions (27%). Deep focus keeps foreground and background readable at once in 63% of the frames. The production design places the film in the 1960s.
What is the color palette of The Bad Sleep Well?
The dominant colors across the sampled frames of The Bad Sleep Well (1960) are #040404, #898989, #303030, #f9f9f9, #cacaca, #4a4a4a — measured from the per-frame color data FrameThrower extracts for every film.
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