I Live in Fear (1955)

I Live in Fear (1955)

All the adventure a man can live, he lives. 1955-11-22 Japan 103 Min. PG-13
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Drama

Overview

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.

Cast

Toshirō Mifune is Kiichi Nakajima
Kiichi Nakajima
Takashi Shimura is Domestic Court Counselor Dr. Harada
Domestic Court Counselor Dr. Harada
Minoru Chiaki is Jiro Nakajima
Jiro Nakajima
Masao Shimizu is Yamazaki, Yoshi's husband
Yamazaki, Yoshi's husband
Eiko Miyoshi is Toyo Nakajima
Toyo Nakajima
Kyoko Aoyama is Sue Nakajima
Sue Nakajima
Haruko Tōgō is Yoshi Nakajima
Yoshi Nakajima
Noriko Sengoku is Kimie Nakajima
Kimie Nakajima
Akemi Negishi is Asako Kuribayashi
Asako Kuribayashi
Hiroshi Tachikawa is Ryoichi Sayama
Ryoichi Sayama
Kichijirō Ueda is Mr. Kuribayashi father
Mr. Kuribayashi father
Eijirō Tōno is Old man from Brazil
Old man from Brazil
Yutaka Sada is Ichiro Nakajima
Ichiro Nakajima
Ken Mitsuda is Judge Araki
Judge Araki
Atsushi Watanabe is Factory Worker Ishida
Factory Worker Ishida
Toranosuke Ogawa is Hori, the lawyer
Hori, the lawyer
Nobuo Nakamura is Psychologist
Psychologist
Bokuzen Hidari is Landowner
Landowner
Yoshio Tsuchiya is Factory Worker after Fire
Factory Worker after Fire
Akira Tani is Chunky Jailbird
Chunky Jailbird
Kokuten Kōdō is Workers' Older Family Member
Workers' Older Family Member
Noriko Honma is Worker family member
Worker family member
Kazuo Katō is Susumu
Susumu
Yoshiko Miyata is Secretary Tamiya
Secretary Tamiya
Toyoko Okubo is Susumu's wife Sumiko
Susumu's wife Sumiko
Gorô Sakurai is Factory worker
Factory worker
Senkichi Ōmura is Skinny Jailbird
Skinny Jailbird
Haruo Nakajima is Foundry employee (uncredited)
Foundry employee (uncredited)
Takuzō Kumagai is Psychiatric nurse (uncredited)
Psychiatric nurse (uncredited)