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I Want to Be a Shellfish

I Want to Be a Shellfish

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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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Budget

$--

Revenue

$--

Status

Released

Original Language

Japanese

Runtime

139 mins

Rating

8.3/10

Release Date

22 September 2008

Country

Japan

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

Pinko Izumi

Pinko Izumi

Toshio's mother

Masatô Ibu

Masatô Ibu

Commander Onoe

Takaya Kamikawa

Takaya Kamikawa

Mitsuru Hirata

Mitsuru Hirata

Miyake

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