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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.

Keywords

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