I Live in Fear
1955 · 103 min · Director: Akira Kurosawa
Show plot summary (may contain spoilers)
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.
Emotional fingerprint
I Live in Fear (1955) — Movie. Top emotional signals: Sadness 30%, Anxiety 25%, Disturbing 20%. Source: AI estimate. Shares describe emotional signal, not percentages of people. Your experience may differ. How we measure
- Sadness30%
- Anxiety25%
- Disturbing20%
- Empathy15%
- Tension10%
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Why it feels this way
The strongest emotional signals are Sadness, Anxiety, Disturbing. Genres: Drama. AI estimate.
Is it worth watching?
Consider this title if you are looking for Sadness, Anxiety and Disturbing. Its IMDb rating of 7.3/10 suggests a generally positive audience reception. For these leading emotions, its Feel Score is 71/100.
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Emotional journey
- Sadness
- Empathy
- Anxiety
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No dominant emotion
Dominant emotion: Tension
Dominant emotion: Anxiety
Dominant emotion: Empathy
Dominant emotion: Sadness
Dominant emotion
| % | Approximate minute | Dominant emotion | Overall intensity | Sadness | Empathy | Anxiety |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2.5 % | ≈ 3′ | Tension | 32 % | 4 % | 9 % | 16 % |
| 7.5 % | ≈ 8′ | Tension | 40 % | 11 % | 17 % | 26 % |
| 12.5 % | ≈ 13′ | Anxiety | 41 % | 16 % | 24 % | 33 % |
| 17.5 % | ≈ 18′ | Tension | 36 % | 14 % | 25 % | 26 % |
| 22.5 % | ≈ 23′ | Empathy | 35 % | 16 % | 30 % | 21 % |
| 27.5 % | ≈ 28′ | Empathy | 39 % | 21 % | 33 % | 25 % |
| 32.5 % | ≈ 33′ | Tension | 47 % | 25 % | 36 % | 34 % |
| 37.5 % | ≈ 39′ | Tension | 57 % | 32 % | 47 % | 45 % |
| 42.5 % | ≈ 44′ | Empathy | 58 % | 33 % | 50 % | 49 % |
| 47.5 % | ≈ 49′ | Anxiety | 54 % | 26 % | 39 % | 43 % |
| 52.5 % | ≈ 54′ | Tension | 53 % | 22 % | 33 % | 37 % |
| 57.5 % | ≈ 59′ | Empathy | 55 % | 30 % | 45 % | 43 % |
| 62.5 % | ≈ 64′ | Anxiety | 68 % | 46 % | 61 % | 62 % |
| 67.5 % | ≈ 70′ | Anxiety | 78 % | 56 % | 68 % | 72 % |
| 72.5 % | ≈ 75′ | Empathy | 76 % | 62 % | 69 % | 59 % |
| 77.5 % | ≈ 80′ | Sadness | 73 % | 66 % | 64 % | 46 % |
| 82.5 % | ≈ 85′ | Sadness | 78 % | 71 % | 64 % | 52 % |
| 87.5 % | ≈ 90′ | Sadness | 84 % | 78 % | 71 % | 60 % |
| 92.5 % | ≈ 95′ | Sadness | 85 % | 82 % | 75 % | 64 % |
| 97.5 % | ≈ 100′ | Sadness | 89 % | 86 % | 77 % | 69 % |
Riches to rags
Rags to riches: The emotional tone rises from negative to positive.
Riches to rags: The emotional tone falls from positive to negative.
Man in a hole: The tone falls, then recovers.
Icarus: The tone rises, then falls.
Cinderella: The tone rises, falls, then rises again.
Oedipus: The tone falls, rises, then falls again.
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Cast
Yoshi Nakajima
Judge Araki
Satoko
Details
- Directed by
- Akira Kurosawa
- Written by
- Akira Kurosawa, Hideo Oguni, Shinobu Hashimoto, Fumio Hayasaka
- Type
- Movies
- Released
- 1955
- Runtime
- 103 min
- Country
- Japan
- Genres
- Drama
- Ratings
- Feels mostly
- Sadness
- Data updated
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