I Live in Fear
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| I Live in Fear 生きものの記録 |
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| Directed by | Akira Kurosawa |
| Produced by | Sojiro Motoki |
| Written by | Akira Kurosawa Shinobu Hashimoto Fumio Hayasaka Hideo Oguni |
| Starring | Toshirō Mifune Takashi Shimura |
| Music by | Masaru Sato Fumio Hayasaka |
| Distributed by | Toho Company Ltd. |
| Release date(s) | 22 November 1955 |
| Running time | 113 min. |
| Language | Japanese |
| Budget | ? |
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I Live In Fear (aka Record of a Living Being, aka What the Birds Knew) is the English title of the 1955 Japanese film Ikimono no kiroku (生きものの記録), written and directed by Akira Kurosawa. It was co-written by Shinobu Hashimoto, Fumio Hayasaka, and Hideo Oguni.
The film stars Kurosawa regulars Toshirō Mifune and Takashi Shimura. It is in black-and-white and runs 113 minutes.
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[edit] Cast
- Kiichi Nakajima -- Toshiro Mifune
- Dr. Harada -- Takashi Shimura
- Jiro Nakajima -- Minoru Chiaki
- Toyo Nakajima -- Eiko Miyoshi
- Sue Nakajima -- Kyoko Aoyama
- Yoki Nakajima -- Haruko Togo
- Kimie Nakajima -- Noriko Sengoku
[edit] Plot
Kiichi Nakajima (Toshirō Mifune), an elderly foundry owner convinced that Japan will be wiped out in an imminent nuclear war, resolves to move his family to safety in Brazil.[1] His family decides to have him ruled incompetent and Dr. Harada (Takashi Shimura), a Domestic Court counselor, attempts to arbitrate.
[edit] References
- ^ Kaplan, Fred (2008-01-29). I Live in Fear: What Kurosawa's forgotten film about the bomb captures about post-9/11 America. Slate.
[edit] External links
- I Live in Fear at Rotten Tomatoes
- I Live in Fear at the Internet Movie Database
- I Live in Fear (Japanese) at the Japanese Movie Database
- I Live in Fear at All Movie Guide
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