I Live in Fear

Original title: 生きものの記録

1955 ★ 7.3 103 min IMDb Japanese Akira Kurosawa

Where to Watch

Criterion Channel

Overview

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.

Drama