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I Live in Fear

I Live in Fear

1955 · 103 min · JA · 7.3 (131 votes)
Dir. Akira Kurosawa · Starring Toshirō Mifune, Takashi Shimura, Minoru Chiaki, Masao Shimizu, Eiko Miyoshi, Kyoko Aoyama · Music Masaru Satō
Drama

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.

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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.

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