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Director:
Akira Kurosawa
Writers:
Shinobu Hashimoto (writer)
Fumio Hayasaka (story)
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Release Date:
25 January 1967 (USA) more
Genre:
Drama more
Plot:
Kiichi Nakajima, an elderly foundry owner, is so frightened and obsessed with the idea of nuclear extermination... more | add synopsis
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Awards:
1 nomination more
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Story of patriarch, thought mad by family, who wants to re-locate to South America for fear of nuclear attack. more

Cast

  (Cast overview, first billed only)
Toshirô Mifune ... Kiichi Nakajima
Takashi Shimura ... Domestic Court Counselor Dr. Harada
Minoru Chiaki ... Jiro Nakajima
Eiko Miyoshi ... Toyo Nakajima
Kyôko Aoyama ... Sue Nakajima
Haruko Togo ... Yoki Nakajima
Noriko Sengoku ... Kimie Nakajima
Akemi Negishi ... Asako Kuribayashi
Hiroshi Tachikawa ... Ryoichi Sayama
Kichijiro Ueda ... Mr. Kuribayashi father
Eijirô Tôno ... Old man from Brazil
Yutaka Sada ... Ichiro Nakajima
Kamatari Fujiwara ... Okamoto
Ken Mitsuda ... Judge Araki
Masao Shimizu ... Yamazaki, Yoshi's husband (as Gen Shimizu)
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Additional Details

Also Known As:
I Live in Fear (USA)
I Live in Fear: Record of a Living Being (International: English title)
Record of a Living Being (Japan) (informal literal title)
What the Birds Knew
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Runtime:
103 min
Country:
Japan
Language:
Japanese
Aspect Ratio:
1.37 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Mono
Certification:
Australia:PG | UK:PG (video rating) (1998) | UK:A (original rating) | West Germany:12
Filming Locations:
Toho Studios, Tokyo, Japan
Company:
Toho Company more

Fun Stuff

Trivia:
The music score was completed by Masaru Satô when composer Fumio Hayasaka died during production. more
Movie Connections:
Referenced in Hachi-gatsu no kyôshikyoku (1991) more

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Story of patriarch, thought mad by family, who wants to re-locate to South America for fear of nuclear attack., 27 July 2004
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Author: tbeadow from windsor ontario

I Live in Fear is yet another masterpiece by Akira Kurosawa. It tells the story of an aging patriarch who is terrified nuclear attack will destroy his family and the business he has worked to build up his entire life. His children do not wish to leave the comfortable life in Japan which his labours have provided. They believe he is mad and take him to family court for mediation. It becomes the difficult duty of a mediator to decide whether his fears are rational or not. The shadow of Hiroshima and Nagasaki are palpable in the feverish eyes of legendary actor Toshiro Mifune as the father. A thought-provoking time capsule of post-war Japan, the combination of Kurosawa and Mifune should never be missed.

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