I Live In Fear (1955)

Directed by Akira Kurosawa · Cinematography by Asakazu Nakai

103 min45 frames

Drama

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.

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