I Want to Be a Shellfish
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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."
Release Date : 1958-10-31
Language :Japanese
Adult : false
Status : Released
Production Company : TBS
Production Country : Japan
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Cast
Character Name : Shimizu Toyomatsu
Original Name : フランキー堺
Gender : Male
Character Name : Shimizu Fusae
Original Name : 桜むつ子
Gender : Female
Character Name : Toshiko
Original Name : 高田敏江
Gender : Female
Character Name : Lieutenant-General Yano
Original Name : 佐分利信
Gender : Male
Character Name : Staff Officer
Original Name : 大森義夫
Gender : Male
Character Name :
Original Name : 原保美
Gender : Male
Character Name :
Original Name : 南原宏治
Gender : Male
Character Name :
Original Name : 清村耕次
Gender : Male
Character Name :
Original Name : 熊倉一雄
Gender : Male
Character Name :
Original Name : 小松方正
Gender : Male
Character Name :
Original Name : 内藤武敏
Gender : Male
Character Name :
Original Name : 恩田清二郎
Gender : Male
Character Name :
Original Name : 浅野進治郎
Gender : Male
Character Name :
Original Name : 増田順司
Gender : Male
Character Name :
Original Name : 坂本武
Gender : Male
Character Name :
Original Name : 十朱久雄
Gender : Male
Character Name :
Original Name : 垂水悟郎
Gender : Male
Character Name :
Original Name : 河野秋武
Gender : Male
Character Name :
Original Name : 田中明夫
Gender : Male
Character Name :
Original Name : George Furness
Gender : Male
Character Name :
Original Name : 佐野浅夫
Gender : Male
Character Name :
Original Name : 梶哲也
Gender : Male
Character Name :
Original Name : ジェリー伊藤
Gender : Male
Character Name :
Original Name : 織本順吉
Gender : Male
Character Name :
Original Name : 幸田宗丸
Gender : Male
Character Name :
Original Name : Masao Tsuruta
Gender : Male
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