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

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