An aging Japanese industrialist becomes so fearful of nuclear war that it begins to take a toll on his life and family.An aging Japanese industrialist becomes so fearful of nuclear war that it begins to take a toll on his life and family.An aging Japanese industrialist becomes so fearful of nuclear war that it begins to take a toll on his life and family.
- Awards
- 1 nomination
- Yamazaki, Yoshi's husband
- (as Gen Shimizu)
Storyline
Did you know
- TriviaToshiro Mifune was 35 years old when he played the role of a 70 year old.
- Quotes
Domestic Court Counselor Dr. Harada: His only fault is going too far. But his anxiety about the bomb is something we all share. Mr. Araki, Mr. Hori, Miss Tamiya -- you all know the feeling. Isn't that true? We just don't feel it quite as strongly. We don't build underground shelters or plan to move to Brazil. But can we claim that the feeling is beyond comprehension? The Japanese all share it, to greater or lesser degrees. We can't dispense with it so easily by just saying he went too far.
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I should have known better. Part of Kurosawa's genius in his great middle period (1950-1965) is that he refuses to insist on anything. He fairly presents a series of events and invites us to decide what, if anything, they mean.
Everyone in this film has a point. No one here is really a villain. Even those who are jerks (notably the second son, Jiro) are really trying to do the right thing. And the film reminds me a little of THE CAINE MUTINY in that it very artfully moves our sympathies in one direction for most of the film before presenting us with events that make us wonder if we were wrong.
Toshiro Mifune gives a fine performance as Nakajima, but to tell the truth, I wish Kurosawa had given the role to Takashi Shimura, not only because I think Shimura would have played the role even better, but because it would have given him one more tour-de-force leading role in a Kurosawa film, coming directly after IKIRU and SEVEN SAMURAI. Granted, though, that such a move probably would have caused problems with both Toho and Mifune.
- counterrevolutionary
- Nov 4, 2005
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- Release date
- Country of origin
- Language
- Also known as
- Zivim u strahu
- Filming locations
- Toho Studios, Tokyo, Japan(Studio)
- Production company
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Box office
- Gross US & Canada
- $46,808
- Opening weekend US & Canada
- $15,942
- Jul 28, 2002
- Gross worldwide
- $46,808
- Runtime1 hour 43 minutes
- Color
- Sound mix
- Aspect ratio
- 1.37 : 1