I Want to Be a Shellfish

I Want to Be a Shellfish

2008
2h 19m
8.3

8.3/10

3 votes • View on IMDb
TV Movie War Drama
Overview

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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Language: JA

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Production Information

Production Companies
TOHO TBS
Production Countries
Japan
Spoken Languages
Japanese

Keywords

war crimes snow tokyo, japan shōwa era (1926-89)

Quick Facts

Original Title 私は貝になりたい
Release Date September 22, 2008
Status Released
Language JA
IMDb ID tt1038684

Cast

Masahiro Nakai
Masahiro Nakai

Toyomatsu Shimizu

Yukie Nakama
Yukie Nakama

Fusae Shimizu

Yuki Shibamoto
Yuki Shibamoto

Toshiko

Masahiko Nishimura
Masahiko Nishimura

Nemoto

Magi
Magi

Shokichi Sakai

Tsubasa Katô
Tsubasa Katô

Kenichi

Tetsuya Takeda
Tetsuya Takeda

Takeuchi

Ainosuke Kataoka
Ainosuke Kataoka

Captain Hidaka

Tatsuo Nadaka
Tatsuo Nadaka

Major Adachi

Isao Takeno
Isao Takeno

Sergeant Kimura

Naomasa Musaka
Naomasa Musaka

Private Tateishi

Yoshiyoshi Arakawa
Yoshiyoshi Arakawa

Private Takita

Key Crew

Katsuo Fukuzawa
Director
Nobuhiro Azuma
Producer
Katsuaki Setoguchi
Producer
Yoshitaka Omori
Producer
Kazuya Hamana
Executive Producer
Shinobu Hashimoto
Screenplay