I Want to Be a Shellfish (2008)

I Want to Be a Shellfish (2008)

2008-09-22 Japan 139 Min. PG-13
8.3 3 votes

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...

Cast

中居正広 is Toyomatsu Shimizu
Toyomatsu Shimizu
仲間由紀恵 is Fusae Shimizu
Fusae Shimizu
柴本幸 is Toshiko
Toshiko
西村雅彥 is Nemoto
マギー is Shokichi Sakai
Shokichi Sakai
Tsubasa Katô is Kenichi
武田鉄矢 is Takeuchi
Takeuchi
名高達男 is Major Adachi
Major Adachi
武野功雄 is Sergeant Kimura
Sergeant Kimura
六平直政 is Private Tateishi
Private Tateishi
荒川良々 is Private Takita
Private Takita