I Live in Fear
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.
VIBE
A chilling descent into a patriarch's all-consuming fear. The film masterfully builds a suffocating atmosphere of paranoia, making you question reality alongside its characters. It's a tense, unsettling watch that lingers long after the credits.
anxiousclaustrophobicparanoidsomberslow-burnpost-war dramapsychological thrillerstudio systemparanoiafamilyobsessionfear
obsessionparanoiapsychiatric hospitalpsychiatristfoundrypost war japanall knowning psychiatrist
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