I Live in Fear

Akira Kurosawa
1955-11-22


7.298
103 min

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

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