Story Line
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.
Top Cast

Toshirō Mifune
Kiichi Nakajima

Takashi Shimura
Domestic Court Counselor Dr. Harada

Minoru Chiaki
Jiro Nakajima

Masao Shimizu
Yamazaki, Yoshi's husband

Eiko Miyoshi
Toyo Nakajima

Kyoko Aoyama
Sue Nakajima
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Rating
7.3/ 10
Release Date
1955-11-22
Runtime
1h 43m
Genres
Drama
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User Reviews (1)

CinemaSerf
7/10
•11/14/2022This is a far cry from the usual Kurosawa/Mifune effort; indeed in this, Toshirô Mifune is almost unrecognisable. No brave, honourable Samurai this time, but an elderly foundry-owner who is paranoid about the potential impact of nuclear war on his fa...






