France / May 06, 1956
Overall average
5.0/10
Plot
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.
Main cast
Full cast
| Actor | Role |
|---|---|
| Noriko Sengoku | Kimie Nakajima |
| Akemi Negishi | Asako Kuribayashi |
| Hiroshi Tachikawa | Ryoichi Sayama |
| Kichijirō Ueda | Mr. Kuribayashi father |
| Eijirō Tōno | Old man from Brazil |
| Yutaka Sada | Ichiro Nakajima |
| Kamatari Fujiwara | Okamoto |
| Ken Mitsuda | Judge Araki |
| Atsushi Watanabe | Factory Worker Ishida |
| Kiyomi Mizunoya | Satoko |
| Gen Shimizu | |
| Toranosuke Ogawa | Hori, the lawyer |
| Nobuo Nakamura | Psychologist |
| Bokuzen Hidari | Landowner |
| Yoshio Tsuchiya | Factory Worker after Fire |
| Akira Tani | Chunky Jailbird |
| Kokuten Kōdō | Workers' Older Family Member |
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| Noriko Honma | Worker family member |
| Kazuo Katō | Susumu |
| Yoshiko Miyata | Secretary Tamiya |
| Toyoko Okubo | Susumu's wife Sumiko |
| Saoko Yonemura | Taeko |
| Gorô Sakurai | Factory worker |
| Senkichi Ōmura | Skinny Jailbird |
| Haruo Nakajima | Foundry employee (uncredited) |
| Takuzō Kumagai | Psychiatric nurse (uncredited) |
Genres
Drama
Technical details
| Detail | Value |
|---|---|
| Original title | 生きものの記録 |
| Original language | 日本語 (JA) |
| Spoken languages | 日本語 |
| Production countries | Japan |
| Status | Released |
| Production companies | TOHO |
| Release date | 22 novembre 1955 |
| Production | Sōjirō Motoki |
| Writer | Hideo Oguni, Akira Kurosawa, Shinobu Hashimoto, Fumio Hayasaka |
| Cinematography | Asakazu Nakai |
| Assistant directors | Akira Kurosawa |
| Camera operators | Asakazu Nakai |
| Additional photography | Asakazu Nakai |
| Production design | Yoshirō Muraki |
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| Art direction | Yoshirō Muraki |
| Set decoration | Yoshirō Muraki |
| Music | Masaru Satō |
| Sound | Masaru Satō |
| Costume design | Miyuki Suzuki |
| Makeup | Miyuki Suzuki |
| Hairstyling | Miyuki Suzuki |
Release dates
Premiere
Theatrical release
Japan / Nov 22, 1955
France / Nov 08, 2006 / U
Physical media
France / Apr 27, 2016
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