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Director:
Writers:
Shinobu Hashimoto (writer)
Fumio Hayasaka (story)
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Release Date:
25 January 1967 (USA) more
Plot:
Kiichi Nakajima, an elderly foundry owner, is so frightened and obsessed with the idea of nuclear extermination... more | add synopsis
Awards:
1 nomination more
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Rob Zombie takes the EW Pop Culture Personality Test (with bonus 'El Superbeasto' clip!)
(From EW.com - PopWatch. 27 August 2009, 9:07 AM, PDT)
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compelling take on King Lear themes more (16 total)
Cast
(Cast overview, first billed only) | Toshirô Mifune | ... | Kiichi Nakajima |
| Takashi Shimura | ... | Domestic Court Counselor Dr. Harada |
| Minoru Chiaki | ... | Jiro Nakajima |
| Eiko Miyoshi | ... | Toyo Nakajima |
| Kyôko Aoyama | ... | Sue Nakajima |
| Haruko Togo | ... | Yoki Nakajima |
| Noriko Sengoku | ... | Kimie Nakajima |
| Akemi Negishi | ... | Asako Kuribayashi |
| Hiroshi Tachikawa | ... | Ryoichi Sayama |
| Kichijiro Ueda | ... | Mr. Kuribayashi father |
| Eijirô Tôno | ... | Old man from Brazil |
| Yutaka Sada | ... | Ichiro Nakajima |
| Kamatari Fujiwara | ... | Okamoto |
| Ken Mitsuda | ... | Judge Araki |
| Masao Shimizu | ... | Yamazaki, Yoshi's husband (as Gen Shimizu) |
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Also Known As:
I Live in Fear (USA)
I Live in Fear: Record of a Living Being (International: English title)
Record of a Living Being (Japan) (informal literal title)
What the Birds Knew
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103 min
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Australia:PG | UK:PG (video rating) (1998) | UK:A (original rating) | West Germany:12
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The music score was completed by Masaru Satô when composer Fumio Hayasaka died during production. more
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Referenced in Hachi-gatsu no kyôshikyoku (1991) more
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This is a surprisingly complex film that continues to build and grow right before your eyes. Some of the action and plot mechanism may need to be "accepted" to work, but once you realize that this is not merely an exercise on moral judgements, but a very sly re-working of familiar King Lear themes, the film's power and nuances become evident. For all those who see Kagemusha as a high point, and Ran as a huge failure, they may seek solace in this film, which pushes the trope of the rash old man, who has become so accustomed to getting and doing what he wants, that he cannot and will not accept his extended family's naysaying and interference. A really great film.