I Live in Fear

I Live in Fear

1955/11/22 • Released • Japanese

Drama
7.3
1h 43m

Overview

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.

Director : Akira Kurosawa

Casts
Toshirō Mifune

Toshirō Mifune

Kiichi Nakajima

Takashi Shimura

Takashi Shimura

Domestic Court Counselor Dr. Harada

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

Ken Mitsuda

Judge Araki

Atsushi Watanabe

Factory Worker Ishida

Kiyomi Mizunoya

Kiyomi Mizunoya

Satoko

Gen Shimizu

Gen Shimizu

Toranosuke Ogawa

Hori, the lawyer

Nobuo Nakamura

Nobuo Nakamura

Psychologist

Bokuzen Hidari

Landowner

Yoshio Tsuchiya

Yoshio Tsuchiya

Factory Worker after Fire

Akira Tani

Chunky Jailbird

Kokuten Kōdō

Kokuten Kōdō

Workers' Older Family Member

Noriko Honma

Worker family member

Kazuo Katô

Kazuo Katô

Susumu

Yoshiko Miyata

Yoshiko Miyata

Secretary Tamiya

Toyoko Okubo

Toyoko Okubo

Susumu's wife Sumiko

Saoko Yonemura

Saoko Yonemura

Taeko

Gorô Sakurai

Factory worker

Senkichi Ōmura

Senkichi Ōmura

Skinny Jailbird

Haruo Nakajima

Haruo Nakajima

Foundry employee (uncredited)

Takuzō Kumagai

Takuzō Kumagai

Psychiatric nurse (uncredited)

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