I Want to Be a Shellfish

I Want to Be a Shellfish (2008)

TV Movie War Drama

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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  • Release Date: 2008-09-22
  • Runtime: 2h 19min
  • Director: Katsuo Fukuzawa

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Cast

  • 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

  • Takaya Kamikawa

  • Mitsuru Hirata

    Miyake

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