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I Live in Fear

19551h 43mAkira Kurosawa

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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.

Drama
ObsessionParanoiaPsychiatric HospitalPsychiatristFoundryPost War JapanJapanese FamilyAnxiety

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What is I Live in Fear (1955) about?

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.

Who stars in I Live in Fear?

I Live in Fear stars 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). The film was directed by Akira Kurosawa.

How long is I Live in Fear?

I Live in Fear has a runtime of 1 min and premiered in 1955.

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