The Bad Sleep Well
E424016
The Bad Sleep Well is a 1960 Japanese film noir–style drama directed by Akira Kurosawa that explores corporate corruption and revenge in postwar Japan.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| The Bad Sleep Well canonical | 5 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4245874 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: The Bad Sleep Well Context triple: [Akira Kurosawa, notableWork, The Bad Sleep Well]
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A.
The Tokyo Blues
The Tokyo Blues is a 1962 jazz album by pianist and composer Horace Silver that blends hard bop with Japanese musical influences.
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B.
Clock Court
Clock Court is the central courtyard of Hampton Court Palace, notable for its historic astronomical clock and surrounding Tudor and Baroque architecture.
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C.
Rashōmon
Rashōmon is a seminal short story by Japanese writer Ryūnosuke Akutagawa that explores moral ambiguity and human desperation in a decaying Kyoto.
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D.
Oi no Kobumi
Oi no Kobumi is a travel diary by the renowned Japanese haiku poet Matsuo Bashō, recording his later journeys and reflections in prose and verse.
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E.
Sayonara
"Sayonara" is a 1957 romantic drama film set during the Korean War, best known for starring Marlon Brando and addressing interracial relationships and prejudice.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: The Bad Sleep Well Target entity description: The Bad Sleep Well is a 1960 Japanese film noir–style drama directed by Akira Kurosawa that explores corporate corruption and revenge in postwar Japan.
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A.
The Tokyo Blues
The Tokyo Blues is a 1962 jazz album by pianist and composer Horace Silver that blends hard bop with Japanese musical influences.
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B.
Clock Court
Clock Court is the central courtyard of Hampton Court Palace, notable for its historic astronomical clock and surrounding Tudor and Baroque architecture.
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C.
Rashōmon
Rashōmon is a seminal short story by Japanese writer Ryūnosuke Akutagawa that explores moral ambiguity and human desperation in a decaying Kyoto.
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D.
Oi no Kobumi
Oi no Kobumi is a travel diary by the renowned Japanese haiku poet Matsuo Bashō, recording his later journeys and reflections in prose and verse.
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E.
Sayonara
"Sayonara" is a 1957 romantic drama film set during the Korean War, best known for starring Marlon Brando and addressing interracial relationships and prejudice.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (34)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Japanese film
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drama film ⓘ film ⓘ film noir–style drama ⓘ |
| basedOn | themes from William Shakespeare's Hamlet ⓘ |
| cinematography | Yuzuru Aizawa ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | Japan ⓘ |
| director | Akira Kurosawa ⓘ |
| distributor | Toho ⓘ |
| editingBy | Akira Kurosawa ⓘ |
| filmFormat | black-and-white film ⓘ |
| genre |
crime film
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drama film ⓘ film noir ⓘ |
| mainTheme |
corporate corruption
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postwar Japanese society ⓘ revenge ⓘ |
| musicBy | Masaru Sato ⓘ |
| notableFor |
critique of Japanese corporate culture
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use of film noir aesthetics ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | Japanese ⓘ |
| partOf | Akira Kurosawa filmography ⓘ |
| producer | Akira Kurosawa ⓘ |
| productionCompany | Toho ⓘ |
| publicationDate | 1960 ⓘ |
| releaseCountry | Japan ⓘ |
| runtimeMinutes | 151 ⓘ |
| screenwriter | Akira Kurosawa ⓘ |
| setInPeriod |
postwar Japan
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linked to:
Allied occupation of Japan
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| starring |
Ko Nishimura
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Kyoko Kagawa ⓘ
linked to:
Kyōko Kagawa
Masayuki Mori ⓘ Tatsuya Mihashi ⓘ Toshiro Mifune ⓘ
linked to:
Toshirō Mifune
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How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: The Bad Sleep Well Description of subject: The Bad Sleep Well is a 1960 Japanese film noir–style drama directed by Akira Kurosawa that explores corporate corruption and revenge in postwar Japan.
Referenced by (5)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.