I Live in Fear

I Live in Fear

103 mins | Drama | Nov. 22, 1955

Kiichi Nakajima, an elderly foundry owner, is convinced that Japan will be affected by an imminent nuclear war, and resolves to move his family to safety in Brazil. His family decides to have him ruled incompetent and Dr. Harada, a Domestic Court counselor, attempts to arbitrate.

I Live in Fear

103 mins | Drama | Nov. 22, 1955

I Live in Fear
Kiichi Nakajima, an elderly foundry owner, is convinced that Japan will be affected by an imminent nuclear war, and resolves to move his family to safety in Brazil. His family decides to have him ruled incompetent and Dr. Harada, a Domestic Court counselor, attempts to arbitrate.
IMDb rating 7.3
Producers Toho Company, Ltd.
Original title 生きものの記録
Directors Akira Kurosawa
Writers Fumio Hayasaka, Hideo Oguni, Shinobu Hashimoto, Akira Kurosawa

Cast

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 Tôgô

as Yoshi Nakajima

Noriko Sengoku

as Kimie Nakajima

Akemi Negishi

as Asako Kuribayashi

Hiroshi Tachikawa

as Ryoichi Sayama

Kichijirô Ueda

as Mr. Kuribayashi father

Eijirō Tōno

as Old man from Brazil

Yutaka Sada

as Ichiro Nakajima

Kamatari Fujiwara

as Okamoto

Ken Mitsuda

as Judge Araki

Atsushi Watanabe

as Factory Worker Ishida

Kiyomi Mizunoya

as Satoko

Toranosuke Ogawa

as Hori, the lawyer

Nobuo Nakamura

as Psychologist

Bokuzen Hidari

as Landowner

Yoshio Tsuchiya

as Factory Worker after Fire

Akira Tani

as Chunky Jailbird

Kokuten Kōdō

as Workers' Older Family Member

Noriko Honma

as Worker family member

Kazuo Katô

as Susumu

Yoshiko Miyata

as Secretary Tamiya

Toyoko Okubo

as Susumu's wife Sumiko

Saoko Yonemura

as Taeko

Gorô Sakurai

as Factory worker

Senkichi Ômura

as Skinny Jailbird

Haruo Nakajima

as Foundry employee (uncredited)

Takuzō Kumagai

as Psychiatric nurse (uncredited)