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I Live in Fear (1955) is streaming on Criterion Channel.
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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.
A frantic, wide-eyed terror radiates from the screen as a foundry owner spirals into paranoia over the threat of nuclear war. This psychological breakdown forces a quiet observer to question if madness is truly worse than the looming end of the world.
Director
Akira Kurosawa
Cast
Toshirō Mifune, Takashi Shimura, Minoru Chiaki, Masao Shimizu, Eiko Miyoshi, Kyoko Aoyama, Haruko Tōgō, Noriko Sengoku, Akemi Negishi, Hiroshi Tachikawa
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Director
Akira Kurosawa
Cast
Toshirō Mifune, Takashi Shimura, Minoru Chiaki, Masao Shimizu, Eiko Miyoshi, Kyoko Aoyama, Haruko Tōgō, Noriko Sengoku, Akemi Negishi, Hiroshi Tachikawa
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I Live in Fear is streaming on Criterion Channel. Availability last verified October 18, 2026.