I Live in Fear

About I Live in Fear

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 (1955) is a drama film directed by Akira Kurosawa. The film is filed under obsession, paranoia, psychiatrist, and psychiatric hospital.

Toshirō Mifune takes the lead as Kiichi Nakajima, Takashi Shimura as Domestic Court Counselor Dr. Harada, Minoru Chiaki as Jiro Nakajima, and Masao Shimizu as Yamazaki, Yoshi's husband. Released in November 1955, it runs 103 minutes.

The screenplay is by Hideo Oguni and Shinobu Hashimoto. In the United States it streams on Criterion Channel.

Twelve Monkeys, Black Swan, and Girl, Interrupted make useful companions to I Live in Fear. TMDB voters put it at 7.3 out of 10 across 131 votes.