I Want to Be a Shellfish

I Want to Be a Shellfish (2008)


  • Genre: War, Drama
  • Release Date: 2008-09-22
  • User Rating: 8.3/10 from 3 ratings
  • Runtime: 2h 19min
  • Language: 日本語
  • Production Company: TOHO
  • Production Country: Japan
  • Director: Katsuo Fukuzawa
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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...

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  • Masahiro Nakai

    as Toyomatsu Shimizu
  • Yukie Nakama

    as Fusae Shimizu
  • Yuki Shibamoto

    as Toshiko
  • Masahiko Nishimura

    as Nemoto
  • Magi

    as Shokichi Sakai
  • Tsubasa Katô

    as Kenichi
  • Tetsuya Takeda

    as Takeuchi
  • Ainosuke Kataoka

    as Captain Hidaka
  • Tatsuo Nadaka

    as Major Adachi
  • Isao Takeno

    as Sergeant Kimura
  • Naomasa Musaka

    as Private Tateishi
  • Yoshiyoshi Arakawa

    as Private Takita
  • Pinko Izumi

    as Toshio's mother
  • Masatô Ibu

    as Commander Onoe
  • Takaya Kamikawa

    as
  • Mitsuru Hirata

    as Miyake
Production Katsuaki Setoguchi Producer
Directing Katsuo Fukuzawa Director
Production Nobuhiro Azuma Producer
Writing Shinobu Hashimoto Writer
Sound Mr.Children Theme Song Performance
Visual Effects Katsuro Onoue Special Effects Supervisor
Editing Hirohide Abe Editor
Art Takeshi Shimizu Production Design
Sound Joe Hisaishi Original Music Composer
Costume & Make-Up Kazuko Kurosawa Costume Design
Camera Kosuke Matsushima Director of Photography
Writing Tetsutarō Katō Novel

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