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I Live in Fear (1955)

I Live in Fear (1955)

Drama
Release Date: 1955, November 22
Directors: Akira Kurosawa
Countries: Japan
Production: TOHO
Cast: Toshirō Mifune, Takashi Shimura, Minoru Chiaki, Kamatari Fujiwara, Bokuzen Hidari, Yoshio Tsuchiya, Kokuten Kōdō, Eijirō Tōno, Atsushi Watanabe, Toranosuke Ogawa, Kichijirō Ueda, Noriko Sengoku

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.

Keywords:

obsession anxiety paranoia psychiatric hospital psychiatrist post war japan japanese family foundry