
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.

as Kiichi Nakajima

as Domestic Court Counselor Dr. Harada

as Jiro Nakajima

as Yamazaki, Yoshi's husband

as Toyo Nakajima

as Sue Nakajima

as Yoshi Nakajima

as Kimie Nakajima

as Asako Kuribayashi

as Ryoichi Sayama

as Mr. Kuribayashi father

as Old man from Brazil

as Ichiro Nakajima

as Okamoto

as Judge Araki

as Factory Worker Ishida

as Satoko


as Hori, the lawyer

as Psychologist

as Landowner

as Factory Worker after Fire

as Chunky Jailbird

as Workers' Older Family Member

as Worker family member

as Susumu

as Secretary Tamiya

as Susumu's wife Sumiko

as Taeko

as Factory worker

as Skinny Jailbird

as Foundry employee (uncredited)

as Psychiatric nurse (uncredited)