
Feature film — 1955
I Live in Fear (1955)
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.
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Director: Akira Kurosawa
On screen
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

Eijirō Tōno
Old man from Brazil
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