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I Live in Fear
Drama - 1955
7.3
75%
N/A
Kiichi Nakajima, an elderly foundry owner convinced that Japan will be affected by an imminent nuclear war, 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.
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Rated:
N/A
Runtime:
103 min
Release date:
22 Nov 1955
Country:
JP
Languages:
Japanese
Budget:
$0
Revenue:
$0
Awards:
1 nomination

Top Critics Reviews

rotten:
Perhaps a bit too loose and leisurely to be entirely effective.
– Keith Phipps,
AV Club,
30 May 2001
fresh:
A compelling look at postwar Japan as well as the onset of Cold War paranoia.
– Gary Dowell,
Dallas Morning News,
10 Apr 2003
rotten:
I feel sure that Mr. Kurosawa could have come up with a more constructive thought on how people should use their energies to pacifistic purpose than the negative one he gives us here.
– Bosley Crowther,
New York Times,
9 May 2005
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