Drama · Japan · 1955 · 1h 43m

I Live in Fear

生きものの記録

Director

Cast

Toshirō Mifune as Kiichi Nakajima Takashi Shimura as Domestic Court Counselor Dr. Harada Minoru Chiaki as Jiro Nakajima Masao Shimizu as Yamazaki, Yoshi's husband Eiko Miyoshi as Toyo Nakajima Kyoko Aoyama as Sue Nakajima

Crew

Asakazu Nakai — Director of Photography Masaru Satō — Original Music Composer Shinobu Hashimoto — Writer Hideo Oguni — Writer Akira Kurosawa — Story Fumio Hayasaka — Story

Synopsis

An aging foundry patriarch, gripped by terror of nuclear annihilation, tries to uproot his family to Brazil. When they petition to have him declared incompetent, a family-court counselor witnesses his obsession slide into ruin—and asks whether ignoring the atomic threat is any saner.

Mood & Themes

Key Collaborators

Akira Kurosawa Director Asakazu Nakai Director of Photography Masaru Satō Original Music Composer Shinobu Hashimoto Writer Hideo Oguni Writer Akira Kurosawa Story Fumio Hayasaka Story Sōjirō Motoki Producer Yoshirō Muraki Production Design Miyuki Suzuki Costume Design

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