I Want to Be a Shellfish (2008)
2h 19m
Running Time
September 22, 2008Release Date
I Want to Be a Shellfish (2008)
2h 19m
Running Time
September 22, 2008Release Date
Network & Production Companies



Plot.
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..
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Cast & Crew.

Masahiro Nakai
Toyomatsu Shimizu

Yukie Nakama
Fusae Shimizu

Yuki Shibamoto
Toshiko

Masahiko Nishimura
Nemoto

Magi
Shokichi Sakai

Tsubasa Katô
Kenichi

Tetsuya Takeda
Takeuchi

Ainosuke Kataoka
Captain Hidaka

Tatsuo Nadaka
Major Adachi

Isao Takeno
Sergeant Kimura

Naomasa Musaka
Private Tateishi

Yoshiyoshi Arakawa
Private Takita

Pinko Izumi
Toshio's mother

Masatô Ibu
Commander Onoe

Mitsuru Hirata
Miyake

Katsuo Fukuzawa
Director

Shinobu Hashimoto
Writer

Nobuhiro Azuma
Producer

Katsuaki Setoguchi
Producer

Mr.Children
Theme Song Performance

Hirohide Abe
Editor

Takeshi Shimizu
Production Design

Katsuro Onoue
Special Effects Supervisor

Kosuke Matsushima
Director of Photography

Joe Hisaishi
Original Music Composer

Tetsutarō Katō
Novel

Kazuko Kurosawa
Costume Design

Yoshitaka Omori
Producer

Nobuyuki Kajikawa
Line Producer

Takaya Kamikawa
Details.
Release DateSeptember 22, 2008
Original Name私は貝になりたい
StatusReleased
Running Time2h 19m
Genres
Last updated:
This Movie Is About.
war crimes
snow
tokyo japan
showa
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