I Want to Be a Shellfish 1958
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I Want to Be a Shellfish
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 hurting the prisoner by weak Toyomatsu. Also, Toyomatsu was driven to corner at the trial by the fact that he fed the US prisoner some burdock roots to nourish him. Toyomatsu believes nothing but being not guilty, but he is sentenced to death by hanging. Prior to the execution, Toyomatsu writes a long farewell letter to his family, the wife and the only son: "If I ever incarnate, I hate to be a human being any more.... Oh yes, I would like to be...a shellfish living on the rock-bottom of the sea."
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 hurting the prisoner by weak Toyomatsu. Also, Toyomatsu was driven to corner at the trial by the fact that he fed the US prisoner some burdock roots to nourish him. Toyomatsu believes nothing but being not guilty, but he is sentenced to death by hanging. Prior to the execution, Toyomatsu writes a long farewell letter to his family, the wife and the only son: "If I ever incarnate, I hate to be a human being any more.... Oh yes, I would like to be...a shellfish living on the rock-bottom of the sea."
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Full Cast & Crew
... Shimizu Toyomatsu
... Shimizu Fusae
... Toshiko
... Lieutenant-General Yano
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Yoshio Ōmori... Staff Officer
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Release Date:
Oct 31, 1958 (Japan)
Run Time:
1hr 40`
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Original Language:
Japanese
Production Countries:
Japan
Status:
Released
Cast & Crew of
I Want to Be a Shellfish - I Want to Be a Shellfish
Directors & Credit Writers
... Director
Cast
... Shimizu Toyomatsu
... Shimizu Fusae
... Toshiko
... Lieutenant-General Yano
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Yoshio Ōmori... Staff Officer
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Junji Masuda...
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Goro Tarumi...
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Akio Tanaka...
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I Want to Be a Shellfish - I Want to Be a Shellfish
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