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I Want to Be a Shellfish (2008)

September 22, 2008 (JP) TV Movie, War, Drama • 139m

Overview

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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Top Billed Cast

Crew
Kazutoshi Sakurai
Kazutoshi Sakurai

Theme Song Performance

Katsuro Onoue
Katsuro Onoue

Special Effects Supervisor

Tsuyoshi Shimizu
Tsuyoshi Shimizu

Production Design

Joe Hisaishi
Joe Hisaishi

Original Music Composer

Kazuko Kurosawa
Kazuko Kurosawa

Costume Design

Kosuke Matsushima
Kosuke Matsushima

Director of Photography

Kazuya Hamana
Kazuya Hamana

Executive Producer

Susumu Take
Susumu Take

Sound Recordist



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Status

Released

Original Language

JA

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