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I live in fear [videorecording (DVD)] = Ikimono no kiroku

Contributor(s): Kurosawa, Akira, 1910-1998 | Motoki, Sojiro | Hashimoto, Shinobu, 1918- | Oguni, Hideo, 1904-1996 | Mifune, Toshirō, 1920-1997 | Shimura, Takashi, 1905-1982 | Chiaki, Minoru, 1917-1999 | Tōhō Kabushiki Kaisha.
Material type: materialTypeLabelBookPublisher: London : British Film Institute, n.dDescription: 1 videodisc (103 min.) : sd., b&w. ; 4 3/4 in.Subject(s): Nuclear weapons -- Social aspects -- Japan -- Drama | Nuclear weapons -- Japan -- Psychological aspects -- Drama | Paranoia -- Japan -- Drama | Feature films -- Japan | Japan -- History -- 1945- -- DramaDDC classification: 791.43 KUR
Production Credits: Produced by Sojiro Motoki ; screenplay by Shinobu Hashimoto, Hideo Oguni and Akira Kurosawa, ; directed by Akira Kurosawa ; director of photography, Asakazu Nakai ; editing, Chozo Obata ; music, Fumio Hayasaka..
Cast: Toshiro Mifune, Takashi Shimura, Minoru Chiaki, Masao Shimizu, Eiko Miyoshi.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.
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Originally produced as a motion picture in 1955.

This DVD contains sleeve notes by film historian Philip Kemp.

Produced by Sojiro Motoki ; screenplay by Shinobu Hashimoto, Hideo Oguni and Akira Kurosawa, ; directed by Akira Kurosawa ; director of photography, Asakazu Nakai ; editing, Chozo Obata ; music, Fumio Hayasaka..

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

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.

Region 2 ; DVD; mono.; fullscreen presentation, aspect ratio 1.66:1.

In Japanese with optional subtitles in English.