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I Live in Fear
In this drama, an elderly businessman struggles to move his reluctant family to South America because he fears nuclear attack.
I Live in Fear is the final film in which director Akira Kurosawa wrestles with the demons of the Second World War. It’s also his most literal representation of living in the Atomic Age. Here, Kurosawa depicts a society emerging from the shadows but still terrorized by memories of the past and anxieties for the future. Description adapted from Janus Films.
Director: Akira Kurosawa. Country: Japan. Released: 1955. Length: 103 min. Format: 35mm. Language: Japanese with English subtitles.
Image courtesy of Janus Films.
On View At
The Smithsonian's National Museum of Asian Art is made up of two buildings—the West Building (Freer Gallery of Art) and the adjoining East Building (Arthur M. Sackler Gallery).
Washington, DC
10 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. daily