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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 ...
- Katsuo Fukuzawa
- TOHO, TBS
Sep 22, 2008 · Tetsutarō Katō. Novel. Shinobu Hashimoto. Writer. Full Cast & Crew. Reviews. 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.
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Movie:I Want to Be a ShellfishRomaji:Watashi wa Kai ni NaritaiJapanese:私は貝になりたいDirector: Katsuo Fukuzawa1944, 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...
Based on novel (published in 1959) by Tetsutaro Kato, a soldier convicted of war crimes and receiving the death penalty.Other titles based on the same story:Additional Cast Members: 1. Koji Ishizaka- Yano 2. Ginnojo Yamazaki- Yamaguchi 3. Junkichi Orimoto- Matsuda 4. Tsuyoshi Kusanagi- Saburo Ohnishi 5. Kenichi Abe- aide-de-camp 6. Akio Kaneda 7. Kazuyuki Asano 8. Zen Kajihara 9. Ryutaro Yamasaki 10. Junpei Morita
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 ...
- Yoshihiko Okamoto
- TBS
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 ...
- Shinobu Hashimoto
- Toho
- Furankî Sakai
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Year: 2008. Original title: Watashi wa kai ni naritai. Synopsis: One relatively peaceful post-war day in Japan, a barber and good family man, is unexpectedly arrested by the Prefectural Police, declared a suspected war criminal, and subsequently sued for murder by ...You can watch I Want to Be a Shellfish through on the platforms:
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