Movie·2008·2h 19m
I Want to Be a Shellfish
Directed By
Katsuo Fukuzawa
Country
Japan
Language
Japanese
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The Story
Original title: 私は貝になりたい
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...
Written By
Shinobu Hashimoto
Producer
Nobuhiro Azuma, Katsuaki Setoguchi
Cinematography
Kosuke Matsushima
Music
Joe Hisaishi
Editor
Hirohide Abe
Themes
Production House
Audience Score
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// cast
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
// crew
Crew
Nobuhiro Azuma
Producer
Katsuaki Setoguchi
Producer
Katsuo Fukuzawa
Director
Hirohide Abe
Editor
Joe Hisaishi
Original Music Composer
Kosuke Matsushima
Director of Photography
Yoshitaka Omori
Producer
Kazuya Hamana
Executive Producer
Shinobu Hashimoto
Screenplay
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