I Live in Fear

(1955)

★ 7.3 IMDb · 127 votes

Genres: Drama

Year: 1955

Runtime: 103 мин

Country: Japan

Director: Акира Куросава

Cast: Тосиро Мифунэ, Такаси Симура, Минору Тиаки, 清水将夫, 三好栄子, 青山京子, 東郷晴子, 千石規子, 根岸明美, 太刀川寛

Plot

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.

Kiichi Nakajima, an elderly foundry owner, is so frightened and obsessed with the idea of nuclear extermination that his family decides to have him ruled incompetent. Nakajima's fervent wish is for his family to join him in escaping from Japan to the relative safety of South America. Harada, a civil volunteer in the case, sympathizes with Nakajima's conviction, but the old man's irrational behaviour prevents the court from taking his fears seriously.