I Live in Fear

7.319551h 43mReleased

Drama

Overview

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.

StatusReleased

Release Date1955-11-22

Runtime1h 43m

Languages日本語

CountriesJapan

Keywords

Stream

Criterion Channel

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Cast & Crew

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

Haruko Tōgō

as Yoshi Nakajima

Noriko Sengoku

as Kimie Nakajima

Akemi Negishi

as Asako Kuribayashi

Hiroshi Tachikawa

as Ryoichi Sayama

Reviews

CinemaSerf

Nov 14, 2022

7/10

This is a far cry from the usual Kurosawa/Mifune effort; indeed in this, Toshirô Mifune is almost unrecognisable. No brave, honourable Samurai this time, but an elderly foundry-owner who is paranoid about the potential impact of nuclear war on his family. To this end, he is determined to sell up and relocate his family to Brazil. The family don't f…

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