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I Live in Fear

MOVIE • 1955

I Live in Fear

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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.

TMDB ★ 3.6/5Votes: 131
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Top Cast

Toshirō Mifune

Toshirō Mifune

Kiichi Nakajima

Takashi Shimura

Takashi Shimura

Domestic Court Counselor Dr. Harada

Minoru Chiaki

Minoru Chiaki

Jiro Nakajima

Masao Shimizu

Masao Shimizu

Yamazaki, Yoshi's husband

Eiko Miyoshi

Eiko Miyoshi

Toyo Nakajima

Kyoko Aoyama

Kyoko Aoyama

Sue Nakajima

Haruko Tōgō

Haruko Tōgō

Yoshi Nakajima

Noriko Sengoku

Noriko Sengoku

Kimie Nakajima

Akemi Negishi

Akemi Negishi

Asako Kuribayashi

Hiroshi Tachikawa

Hiroshi Tachikawa

Ryoichi Sayama

Kichijirō Ueda

Kichijirō Ueda

Mr. Kuribayashi father

Eijirō Tōno

Eijirō Tōno

Old man from Brazil

Yutaka Sada

Yutaka Sada

Ichiro Nakajima

Kamatari Fujiwara

Kamatari Fujiwara

Okamoto

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Film

Status

Released

Release

November 22, 1955

Runtime

103 min

Language

Japanese

Origin

Japan

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