

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.

Toshirō Mifune

Takashi Shimura

Minoru Chiaki

Masao Shimizu
Eiko Miyoshi

Kyoko Aoyama

Haruko Tōgō

Noriko Sengoku