| I Live in Fear | |
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 Theatrical release poster | |
| Directed by | Akira Kurosawa |
| Written by | Shinobu Hashimoto Akira Kurosawa Hideo Oguni |
| Produced by | Sōjirō Motoki |
| Starring | Toshiro Mifune Takashi Shimura |
| Cinematography | Asakazu Nakai |
| Music by | Fumio Hayasaka |
Production company | |
| Distributed by | Toho Company Ltd. |
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Running time | 103 minutes |
| Country | Japan |
| Language | Japanese |
| Budget | ¥130 million[1] |
I Live in Fear (Japanese: 生きものの記録, Hepburn: Ikimono no Kiroku, lit. 'Record of a Living Being') is a 1955 Japanese drama film directed by Akira Kurosawa, produced by Sōjirō Motoki, and co-written by Kurosawa, Shinobu Hashimoto, and Hideo Oguni.[2] The film is about an elderly Japanese factory owner so terrified of the prospect of a nuclear attack that he becomes determined to move his entire extended family to what he imagines is the safety of a farm in Brazil.
The film stars Kurosawa regulars Toshiro Mifune and Takashi Shimura, and is the director's last with composer Fumio Hayasaka, who died while working on it. It is in black-and-white and runs 103 minutes. The film was entered into the 1956 Cannes Film Festival.[3]
- ^ Kurosawa, Akira (February 18, 1988). The Complete Works of Akira Kurosawa (in Japanese). Vol. 4. Iwanami Shoten. p. 347. ISBN 978-4000913249.
- ^ "生きものの記録とは". kotobank. Retrieved 15 February 2020.
- ^ "Festival de Cannes: I Live in Fear". festival-cannes.com. Retrieved 2009-02-03.