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Summary:

An elderly and wealthy industrialist becomes obsessed with a fear of the atomic bomb. In a futile attempt to save his family he pressures them to leave Japan and move to the rainforest in Brazil where he believes they will be safe. His family, complacent and cynical, is outraged and move to have him declared insane.

Contributors:

Motoki, Sōjirō

Hashimoto, Shinobu, 1918-2018

Oguni, Hideo, 1904-1996

Kurosawa, Akira, 1910-1998

Mifune, Toshirō, 1920-1997

Miyoshi, Eiko

Shimura, Takashi, 1905-1982

Chiaki, Minoru, 1917-1999

Nakai, Asakazu, 1901-1988

Hayasaka, Fumio, 1914-1955

New York Film Annex

Tōhō Corporation

Languages:

Japanese
English

Language Notes:

Item content: Japanese
Subtitles: English

Included Works:

I live in fear

Record of a living being

Subjects:

Nuclear weapons — Social aspects — Japan — Drama

Nuclear weapons — Japan — Psychological aspects — Drama

Paranoia — Japan — Drama

Nuclear weapons — Drama

Nuclear warfare — Drama

Paranoia — Drama

Japan — History — 1945- — Drama

Japanese language films

Since 1945

Nuclear weapons

Nuclear weapons — Psychological aspects

Paranoia

Nuclear warfare

Foreign films

Nuclear weapons — Social aspects

Japan

Genres:

Feature films — Japan

Feature films

Foreign films

Foreign language films

Drama

History

System Details:

VHS format.

Performers:

Cast: Toshirō Mifune, Takashi Shimura, Minoru Chiaki.

Production Credits:

Camera, Tomokazu Nakai.

General Notes:

Japanese dialogue, English subtitles.
Title on container: The record of a living being (I live in fear).
Originally produced as motion picture in 1955 by Tōhō Corporation.
Slight letterbox.

Physical Description:

1 videocassette (105 min.) : sound, black & white ; 1/2 in.

Physical Characteristics:

polyester; 1/2 in.; monochrome

Audio Characteristics:

analog; magnetic; mono

Video Characteristics:

VHS; NTSC

Call Numbers:

MV 2713

ISBNs:

1558815147

OCLC Numbers:

28207014