I Want to Be a Shellfish
2008-09-22 | 139 minutes
Plot Summary
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...
Cast
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Masahiro NakaiToyomatsu Shimizu
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Yukie NakamaFusae Shimizu
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Yuki ShibamotoToshiko
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Masahiko NishimuraNemoto
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MagiShokichi Sakai
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Tetsuya TakedaTakeuchi
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Ainosuke KataokaCaptain Hidaka
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Tatsuo NadakaMajor Adachi
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Isao TakenoSergeant Kimura
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Naomasa MusakaPrivate Tateishi
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Yoshiyoshi ArakawaPrivate Takita
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Pinko IzumiToshio's mother
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Masatô IbuCommander Onoe
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Takaya Kamikawa
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Mitsuru HirataMiyake
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