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I Want to Be a Shellfish( 2008)

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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...

    Top Billed Cast

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      Masahiro Nakai

      Toyomatsu Shimizu

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      Yukie Nakama

      Fusae Shimizu

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      Yuki Shibamoto

      Toshiko

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      Masahiko Nishimura

      Nemoto

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      Magi

      Shokichi Sakai

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      Tsubasa Katô

      Kenichi

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      Tetsuya Takeda

      Takeuchi

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      Ainosuke Kataoka

      Captain Hidaka

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      Tatsuo Nadaka

      Major Adachi

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      Isao Takeno

      Sergeant Kimura

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      Naomasa Musaka

      Private Tateishi

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      Yoshiyoshi Arakawa

      Private Takita

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      Pinko Izumi

      Toshio's mother

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      Masatô Ibu

      Commander Onoe

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      Takaya Kamikawa

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      Mitsuru Hirata

      Miyake

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    Facts

    Status

    Released

    Original Language

    English

    Budget

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    Keywords

    • war crimes
    • snow
    • tokyo, japan
    • shōwa era (1926-89)