---
title: 'I Live in Fear (1955)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Akira Kurosawa'
released: '1955-01-01'
runtime_minutes: 103
genres:
  - 'Drama'
countries:
  - 'Japan'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/i-live-in-fear-1955'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0048198/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# I Live in Fear (1955)

1955 · 103 min · Drama · Japan

Original title: 生きものの記録

## Synopsis

I Live in Fear  is a 1955 Japanese drama film directed by Akira Kurosawa, produced by Sōjirō Motoki, and co-written by Kurosawa, Shinobu Hashimoto, and Hideo Oguni. 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.

## Credits

- **Director:** [Akira Kurosawa](https://cinepixo.com/people/akira-kurosawa)
- **Screenplay:** [Fumio Hayasaka](https://cinepixo.com/people/fumio-hayasaka), [Shinobu Hashimoto](https://cinepixo.com/people/shinobu-hashimoto), [Hideo Oguni](https://cinepixo.com/people/hideo-oguni)
- **Original Music Composer:** [Masaru Sato](https://cinepixo.com/people/masaru-sato)
- **Producer:** [Sōjirō Motoki](https://cinepixo.com/people/sojiro-motoki)
- **Director of Photography:** [Asakazu Nakai](https://cinepixo.com/people/asakazu-nakai)

## Cast

- [Noriko Sengoku](https://cinepixo.com/people/noriko-sengoku)
- [Hiroshi Tachikawa](https://cinepixo.com/people/hiroshi-tachikawa)
- [Eijirō Tōno](https://cinepixo.com/people/eijiro-tono)
- [Ken Mitsuda](https://cinepixo.com/people/ken-mitsuda)
- [Minoru Chiaki](https://cinepixo.com/people/minoru-chiaki)
- [Kamatari Fujiwara](https://cinepixo.com/people/kamatari-fujiwara)
- [Takashi Shimura](https://cinepixo.com/people/takashi-shimura)
- [Akemi Negishi](https://cinepixo.com/people/akemi-negishi)
- [Toshirō Mifune](https://cinepixo.com/people/toshiro-mifune)
- [Masao Shimizu](https://cinepixo.com/people/masao-shimizu)

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