I Want to Be a Shellfish

I Want to Be a Shellfish

1958
1h 40m
10.0

10.0/10

2 votes • View on IMDb
Overview

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."

Status: Released

Language: JA

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Production Information

Production Companies
TBS
Production Countries
Japan
Spoken Languages
Japanese

Quick Facts

Original Title 私は貝になりたい
Release Date October 31, 1958
Status Released
Language JA
IMDb ID tt4963014

Cast

Frankie Sakai
Frankie Sakai

Shimizu Toyomatsu

Mutsuko Sakura
Mutsuko Sakura

Shimizu Fusae

Toshie Takada
Toshie Takada

Toshiko

Shin Saburi
Shin Saburi

Lieutenant-General Yano

Yoshio Ōmori
Yoshio Ōmori

Staff Officer

Yasumi Hara
Yasumi Hara

Kōji Nanbara
Kōji Nanbara

Koji Kiyomura
Koji Kiyomura

Kazuo Kumakura
Kazuo Kumakura

Hōsei Komatsu
Hōsei Komatsu

Taketoshi Naitō
Taketoshi Naitō

Seijirô Onda
Seijirô Onda

Key Crew

Tetsutarō Katō
Screenplay
Yoshihiko Okamoto
Director

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