I Live in Fear

I Live in Fear (1955)

1955-11-22 · 103 min · Rating 7.30/10 (119 votes)

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.

Drama

Keywords

anxiety foundry japanese family obsession paranoia post war japan psychiatric hospital psychiatrist