I Want to Be a Shellfish (1958)
1h 40m
Running Time
October 31, 1958Release Date
I Want to Be a Shellfish (1958)
1h 40m
Running Time
October 31, 1958Release Date
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Plot.
Television production of I Want to Be a Shellfish. On a post-war peaceful day in Japan, Toyomatsu Shimizu, a barber as well as a good father and husband, is suddenly arrested by the Prefectural Police as a war criminal and sued for murder. According to the accusation by GHQ, Toyomatsu "attemped to kill a US prisoner", which was nothing but an order by his superior and failed after all with hurting the prisoner by weak Toyomatsu. Also, Toyomatsu was driven to corner at the trial by the fact that he fed the US prisoner some burdock roots to nourish him. Toyomatsu believes nothing but being not guilty, but he is sentenced to death by hanging. Prior to the execution, Toyomatsu writes a long farewell letter to his family, the wife and the only son: "If I ever incarnate, I hate to be a human being any more.... Oh yes, I would like to be...a shellfish living on the rock-bottom of the sea."
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Cast & Crew.
Frankie Sakai
Toyomatsu Shimizu
Toshie Takada
Toshiko
Mutsuko Sakura
Fusae Shimizu
Shin Saburi
General Yano
Yoshio Ōmori
Staff Officer
Yoshihiko Okamoto
Director
Shinobu Hashimoto
Writer
Seijirô Onda
Major Okami
Akitake Kôno
Komiya
George Furness
Attorney for the protagonist
Tetsutarō Katō
Screenplay
Keiji Dobashi
Music
Junkichi Orimoto
Munemaru Kôda
Goro Tarumi
Jerry Itō
Media.
Details.
Release DateOctober 31, 1958
Original Name私は貝になりたい
StatusReleased
Running Time1h 40m
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