I Want to Be a Shellfish (2008)

09/22/2008 (JP) WarDrama 2h 19m
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1944, in the depths of World War II. Toyomatsu Shimizu is a completely typical barber from a remote sea-side town who lives frugally but happily with his wife Fusae and their five-year-old son. Eventually, though, the army beckons and he is drafted. One day an officer on the battle-field orders him to kill a captive U.S. soldier. Although Toyomatsu lacks the spirit to kill the man, and only wounds him in the arm, the victorious U.S. soldiers will not accept this, and Toyomatsu is arrested and tried as a war-criminal. And he receives the cruelest sentence possible...

  1. Katsuo Fukuzawa

    Director

  2. Tetsutarō Katō

    Novel

  3. Shinobu Hashimoto

    Writer

Top Billed Cast

  1. Masahiro Nakai

    Masahiro Nakai

    Toyomatsu Shimizu

  2. Yukie Nakama

    Yukie Nakama

    Fusae Shimizu

  3. Yuki Shibamoto

    Yuki Shibamoto

    Toshiko

  4. Masahiko Nishimura

    Masahiko Nishimura

    Nemoto

  5. Magi

    Magi

    Shokichi Sakai

  6. Tsubasa Katô

    Kenichi

  7. Tetsuya Takeda

    Tetsuya Takeda

    Takeuchi

  8. Ainosuke Kataoka

    Ainosuke Kataoka

    Captain Hidaka

  9. Tatsuo Nadaka

    Tatsuo Nadaka

    Major Adachi

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I Want to Be a Shellfish

Original Title 私は貝になりたい

Status Released

Original Language Japanese

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