I Live in Fear

1h 43min

Drama

Kiichi Nakajima, an elderly foundry owner, is convinced that Japan will be affected by an imminent nuclear war, and resolves to move his family to safety in Brazil. His family decides to have him ruled incompetent and Dr. Harada, a Domestic Court counselor, attempts to arbitrate.

Cast

Toshirō Mifune

Toshirō Mifune

Kiichi Nakajima
Takashi Shimura

Takashi Shimura

Domestic Court Counselor Dr. Harada
Minoru Chiaki

Minoru Chiaki

Jiro Nakajima
Masao Shimizu

Masao Shimizu

Yamazaki, Yoshi's husband
Eiko Miyoshi

Eiko Miyoshi

Toyo Nakajima
Kyoko Aoyama

Kyoko Aoyama

Sue Nakajima
Haruko Tōgō

Haruko Tōgō

Yoshi Nakajima
Noriko Sengoku

Noriko Sengoku

Kimie Nakajima
Akemi Negishi

Akemi Negishi

Asako Kuribayashi
Hiroshi Tachikawa

Hiroshi Tachikawa

Ryoichi Sayama
Kichijirō Ueda

Kichijirō Ueda

Mr. Kuribayashi father
Eijirō Tōno

Eijirō Tōno

Old man from Brazil
Yutaka Sada

Yutaka Sada

Ichiro Nakajima
Ken Mitsuda

Ken Mitsuda

Judge Araki
Atsushi Watanabe

Atsushi Watanabe

Factory Worker Ishida
Toranosuke Ogawa

Toranosuke Ogawa

Hori, the lawyer
Nobuo Nakamura

Nobuo Nakamura

Psychologist
Yoshio Tsuchiya

Yoshio Tsuchiya

Factory Worker after Fire
Akira Tani

Akira Tani

Chunky Jailbird
Kokuten Kōdō

Kokuten Kōdō

Workers' Older Family Member
Noriko Honma

Noriko Honma

Worker family member
Yoshiko Miyata

Yoshiko Miyata

Secretary Tamiya
Toyoko Okubo

Toyoko Okubo

Susumu's wife Sumiko
Gorô Sakurai

Gorô Sakurai

Factory worker
Senkichi Ōmura

Senkichi Ōmura

Skinny Jailbird
Haruo Nakajima

Haruo Nakajima

Foundry employee (uncredited)
Takuzō Kumagai

Takuzō Kumagai

Psychiatric nurse (uncredited)

Release date

22nd Nov 1955

Status

Released

Spoken languages

日本語