| I Live in Fear | |
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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) | November 22, 1955 |
| Running time | 103 minutes |
| Country | Japan |
| Language | Japanese |
I Live In Fear (生きものの記録 Ikimono no kiroku, aka Record of a Living Being or What the Birds Knew) is a 1955 Japanese film 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 103 minutes. The film was entered into the 1956 Cannes Film Festival.[1]
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Kiichi Nakajima (Toshirō Mifune), an elderly foundry owner convinced that Japan will be affected by an imminent nuclear war, resolves to move his family to safety in Brazil.[2] His family decides to have him ruled incompetent and Dr. Harada (Takashi Shimura), a Domestic Court counselor, attempts to arbitrate.
This was the last film that composer Fumio Hayasaka worked on before dying of tuberculosis in 1955. He had been Kurosawa's close friend since 1948 and had collaborated with him on several films.
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