I Live in Fear (1955) Published March 29, 2020 at 809 × 606 in Akira Kurosawa’s Record of a Living Being Takashi Shimura (pictured), who played the leader of the seven samurai in Akira Kurosawa’s 1954 film, has a more sober role as a law clerk in I Live in Fear (1955), featuring Toshiro Mifune in the leading role.