I Live In Fear (1955)
Directed by Akira Kurosawa · Cinematography by Asakazu Nakai
103 min45 frames
Drama
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What is I Live In Fear about?
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.
I Live in Fear is a 1955 Japanese drama film directed by Akira Kurosawa, produced by Sōjirō Motoki, and co-written by Kurosawa, Shinobu Hashimoto, and Hideo Oguni. The film is about an elderly Japanese factory owner so terrified of the prospect of a nuclear attack that he becomes determined to move his entire extended family to what he imagines is the safety of a farm in Brazil.
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What does the cinematography of I Live In Fear look like?
Across 45 sampled frames, medium shots dominate the coverage of I Live In Fear (71% of the sample). Cinematographer Asakazu Nakai keeps 56% of it in soft, naturalistic light. Daylight carries most of the picture. Vintage glass shapes the frame. Deep focus keeps foreground and background readable at once in 64% of the frames. The production design places the film in the 1950s.
What is the color palette of I Live In Fear?
The dominant colors across the sampled frames of I Live In Fear (1955) are #030303, #8a8a8a, #494949, #f7f7f7, #b2b2b2, #2b2b2b — measured from the per-frame color data FrameThrower extracts for every film.
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