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Summary:

Presents an elderly, stubborn businessman, so fearful of a nuclear attack that he resolves to move his reluctant family to South America. Kurosawa depicts a society emerging from the shadows but still terrorized by memories of the past and anxieties for the future.

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

Tōhō Kabushiki Kaisha

Janus Films

Criterion Collection (Firm)

Languages:

Japanese
English

Language Notes:

In Japanese with optional subtitles in English.

Related Series:

AK100 (Criterion Collection (Firm)); disc 14

Alternate Titles:

Title translation: I live in fear
Collective title on box set container: AK100: 25 films by Akira Kurosawa

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:

DVD; mono.; fullscreen presentation, aspect ratio 1.33:1.

Performers:

Cast: Toshiro Mifune, Takashi Shimura, Minoru Chiaki, Masao Shimizu, Eiko Miyoshi.

Production Credits:

Director of photography, Asakazu Nakai ; editing, Chozo Obata ; music, Fumio Hayasaka.

General Notes:

Credits from English subtitles and book which accompanies set.
Originally produced as a motion picture in 1955.
Book (96 p. : ill. ; 19 x 31 cm.) included in box set entitled: AK100 : 25 films by Akira Kurosawa.

Physical Description:

1 videodisc (103 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in.

Physical Characteristics:

plastic; metal; monochrome

Audio Characteristics:

digital; optical

Digital Characteristics:

video file; DVD video; region 1

Call Numbers:

IKI 1955 DVD

ISBNs:

9781604652260 (set)
1604652268 (set)

Other Standard Numbers:

Universal Product Code: 715515052016
Publisher Number, Criterion Collection: AK100D14
Publisher Number, Criterion Collection (set): CC1858D

OCLC Numbers:

476227529