I Live in Fear (1955)
I Live in Fear (1955)
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Plot.
Kiichi Nakajima, an elderly foundry owner, is convinced that Japan will be affected by an imminent nuclear war, and resolves to move his family to safety in Brazil. His family decides to have him ruled incompetent and Dr. Harada, a Domestic Court counselor, attempts to arbitrate.
Where to Watch.
Subs
Currently I Live in Fear is available for streaming online, rent, buy or watch for free on: Criterion Channel
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Cast & Crew.
Toshirō Mifune
Kiichi Nakajima
Takashi Shimura
Domestic Court Counselor Dr. Harada
Minoru Chiaki
Jiro Nakajima
Masao Shimizu
Yamazaki, Yoshi's husband
Eiko Miyoshi
Toyo Nakajima
Kyoko Aoyama
Sue Nakajima
Haruko Tōgō
Yoshi Nakajima
Noriko Sengoku
Kimie Nakajima
Akemi Negishi
Asako Kuribayashi
Hiroshi Tachikawa
Ryoichi Sayama
Kichijirō Ueda
Mr. Kuribayashi father
Akira Kurosawa
Director
Eijirō Tōno
Old man from Brazil
Shinobu Hashimoto
Writer
Yutaka Sada
Ichiro Nakajima
Kamatari Fujiwara
Okamoto
Fumio Hayasaka
Writer
Ken Mitsuda
Judge Araki
Atsushi Watanabe
Factory Worker Ishida
Hideo Oguni
Writer
Kiyomi Mizunoya
Satoko
Sōjirō Motoki
Producer
Asakazu Nakai
Cinematographer
Yoshirō Muraki
ProductionDesigner
Toranosuke Ogawa
Hori, the lawyer
Nobuo Nakamura
Psychologist
Bokuzen Hidari
Landowner
Yoshio Tsuchiya
Factory Worker after Fire
Akira Tani
Chunky Jailbird
Kokuten Kōdō
Workers' Older Family Member
Noriko Honma
Worker family member
Kazuo Kato
Susumu
Media.
Details.
Release DateNovember 22, 1955
Original Name生きものの記録
StatusReleased
Running Time1h 43m
Genres
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This Movie Is About.
obsession
paranoia
psychiatric hospital
psychiatrist
foundry
post war japan
all knowning psychiatrist
Wiki.
I Live in Fear (Japanese: 生きものの記録, Hepburn: Ikimono no Kiroku, lit. 'Record of a Living Being') is a 1955 Japanese drama film directed by Akira Kurosawa, produced by Sōjirō Motoki, and co-written by Kurosawa, Shinobu Hashimoto, and Hideo Oguni. The film is about an elderly Japanese factory owner so terrified of the prospect of a nuclear attack that he becomes determined to move his entire extended family to what he imagines is the safety of a farm in Brazil.
The film stars Kurosawa regulars Toshiro Mifune and Takashi Shimura, and is the director's last with composer Fumio Hayasaka, who died while working on it. It is in black-and-white and runs 103 minutes. The film was entered into the 1956 Cannes Film Festival.
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