Plot Summary
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.
Movie Details
- Original Title
- 生きものの記録
- Status
- released
- Original Language
- ja
Where to watch free (US)
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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
Haruko Tōgō
Yoshi Nakajima
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
Production Companies
TOHO
