8.3I Want to Be a Shellfish · 2008
I Want to Be a Shellfish (2008) is a TV Movie / War / Drama film directed by Katsuo Fukuzawa, starring Masahiro Nakai, Yukie Nakama, Yuki Shibamoto.
TV MovieWarDrama
8.3Overview
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
Masahiro Nakai, Yukie Nakama, Yuki Shibamoto, Masahiko Nishimura, Magi, Tsubasa Katô, Tetsuya Takeda, Ainosuke Kataoka
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What is "I Want to Be a Shellfish" about?
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...
When was "I Want to Be a Shellfish" released?
I Want to Be a Shellfish was released in 2008.
Who stars in "I Want to Be a Shellfish"?
The cast includes Masahiro Nakai, Yukie Nakama, Yuki Shibamoto, Masahiko Nishimura.
