I Want to Be a Shellfish (2008)
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...
Director:
Katsuo Fukuzawa
Writer:
Shinobu Hashimoto
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Masahiro Nakai as Toyomatsu Shimizu |
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Yukie Nakama as Fusae Shimizu |
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Yuki Shibamoto as Toshiko |
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Masahiko Nishimura as Nemoto |
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Magi as Shokichi Sakai |
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Tsubasa Katô as Kenichi |
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Tetsuya Takeda as Takeuchi |
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Ainosuke Kataoka as Captain Hidaka |
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Tatsuo Nadaka as Major Adachi |
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Isao Takeno as Sergeant Kimura |
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Naomasa Musaka as Private Tateishi |
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Yoshiyoshi Arakawa as Private Takita |
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Pinko Izumi as Toshio's mother |
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Masatô Ibu as Commander Onoe |
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Takaya Kamikawa as |
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Mitsuru Hirata as Miyake |
| Production | Nobuhiro Azuma | Producer |
| Production | Katsuaki Setoguchi | Producer |
| Directing | Katsuo Fukuzawa | Director |
| Sound | Kazutoshi Sakurai | Theme Song Performance |
| Editing | Hirohide Abe | Editor |
| Art | Tsuyoshi Shimizu | Production Design |
| Visual Effects | Katsuro Onoue | Special Effects Supervisor |
| Sound | Joe Hisaishi | Original Music Composer |
| Costume & Make-Up | Kazuko Kurosawa | Costume Design |
| Camera | Kosuke Matsushima | Director of Photography |
| Writing | Tetsutarō Katō | Novel |
| Production | Yoshitaka Omori | Producer |
| Production | Nobuyuki Kajikawa | Line Producer |
| Production | Kazuya Hamana | Executive Producer |
| Writing | Shinobu Hashimoto | Screenplay |
| Lighting | Taro Kimura | Gaffer |
| Sound | Susumu Take | Sound Recordist |
