I Want to Be a Shellfish
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...
About I Want to Be a Shellfish (2008)
Released in 2008, I Want to Be a Shellfish is a tv movie, war and drama film from TOHO (Japan). It was directed by Katsuo Fukuzawa and written by Shinobu Hashimoto. The cast is led by Masahiro Nakai, Yukie Nakama, Yuki Shibamoto, Masahiko Nishimura and Magi. With a runtime of 2h 19m, the film averages 8.3/10 across 3 TMDB ratings.
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