I Live in Fear

1955 · directed by Akira Kurosawa

Rating

73/100

Hit

no

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.

I Live in Fear (1955), directed by Akira Kurosawa, rates 73/100. See how its director, cast and crew rate across their careers.

Cast

• Toshirō Mifune
• Takashi Shimura
• Minoru Chiaki
• Masao Shimizu
• Eiko Miyoshi
• Kyoko Aoyama
• Haruko Tōgō
• Noriko Sengoku
• Akemi Negishi
• Hiroshi Tachikawa

Crew

• Asakazu Nakai — Director of Photography
• Masaru Satō — Original Music Composer
• Hideo Oguni — Writer
• Shinobu Hashimoto — Writer

More from Akira Kurosawa

1. Seven Samurai (1954) — 100/100 · hit
2. Rashomon (1950) — 99/100 · hit
3. Ikiru (1952) — 91/100 · hit
4. Ran (1985) — 91/100 · hit
5. High and Low (1963) — 91/100 · hit
6. Throne of Blood (1957) — 90/100 · hit

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