I Live in Fear (1955)

Directed by Akira Kurosawa

I Live in Fear movie poster

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.

Genre: Drama

Language: ja

Production

Cinematographer: Asakazu Nakai · Composer: Masaru Satō · Production Design: Yoshirō Muraki

Production: TOHO

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