I Live in Fear
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I Live in Fear is a 1955 Japanese drama film directed by Akira Kurosawa that explores a man's obsessive fear of nuclear annihilation and its impact on his family.
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| Label | Occurrences |
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| I Live in Fear canonical | 1 |
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| Predicate | Object |
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| instanceOf |
Japanese film
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black-and-white film ⓘ drama film ⓘ film ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs |
Ikimono no kiroku
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Record of a Living Being NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| characterFocus | an aging foundry owner obsessed with nuclear war ⓘ |
| cinematographyBy | Asakazu Nakai NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| colorProcess | black and white ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | Japan ⓘ |
| depicts |
family legal dispute
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nuclear anxiety in 1950s Japan ⓘ |
| dialogueLanguage | Japanese ⓘ |
| director | Akira Kurosawa NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| directorFilmographyPosition | late Kurosawa postwar drama ⓘ |
| distributor | Toho NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| editedBy | Koichi Iwashita NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| format | 35 mm film ⓘ |
| genre |
drama
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psychological drama ⓘ |
| hasProtagonistOccupation | foundry owner ⓘ |
| hasSetting | Tokyo NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| historicalContext | Cold War era NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| mainTheme |
family conflict
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fear of nuclear annihilation ⓘ postwar anxiety ⓘ |
| musicBy | Fumio Hayasaka NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| narrativeFocus | impact of a man's fear on his family ⓘ |
| notableFor |
Toshiro Mifune playing an elderly man
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early cinematic treatment of nuclear fear in Japan ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | Japanese ⓘ |
| portrays |
generational conflict
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mental instability ⓘ psychological effects of nuclear threat ⓘ |
| producer | Sojiro Motoki NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| productionCompany | Toho NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| releaseYear | 1955 ⓘ |
| runtimeMinutes | 103 ⓘ |
| screenwriter |
Akira Kurosawa
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Hideo Oguni NERFINISHED ⓘ Shinobu Hashimoto NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| setInPeriod | post-World War II Japan ⓘ |
| starring |
Eiko Miyoshi
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Minoru Chiaki NERFINISHED ⓘ Takashi Shimura NERFINISHED ⓘ Toshiro Mifune NERFINISHED ⓘ |
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