One of the sections of this article that struck me as particularly relevant right now was this passage: "Kurosawa later claimed that I Live in Fear was inspire

One of the sections of this article that struck me as particularly relevant right now was this passage: "Kurosawa later claimed that I Live in Fear was inspired by conversations he had with his longtime film composer Fumio Hayasaka, who had become seriously ill during the making of Seven Samurai. Hayasaka had said to him, “The world has come to such a state that we don’t really know what is in store for us tomorrow. I wouldn’t even know how to go on living – I’m that uncertain. Uncertainties, nothing but uncertainties. Every day there are fewer and fewer places that are safe. Soon there will be no place at all.” Hayasaka died during the filming, and "Kurosawa was devastated by his friend’s death", which affected the direction the film took.