I Live in Fear

1955 · 103 min · Drama

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.

Director: Akira Kurosawa
Writers: Hideo Oguni, Akira Kurosawa, Shinobu Hashimoto, Fumio Hayasaka
Released: November 22, 1955
Language: Japanese