I Live in Fear

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 113 minutes. The film was entered into the 1956 Cannes Film Festival. Kiichi Nakajima (Toshirō Mifune), an elderl... more

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 113 minutes. The film was entered into the 1956 Cannes Film Festival. 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. His family decides to have him ruled incompetent and Dr. Harada (Takashi Shimura), a Domestic Court counselor, attempts to arbitrate. less