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I Want to Be a Shellfish( 1958)

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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."

    Top Billed Cast

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      Frankie Sakai

      Shimizu Toyomatsu

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      Mutsuko Sakura

      Shimizu Fusae

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      Toshie Takada

      Toshiko

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      Shin Saburi

      Lieutenant-General Yano

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      Yoshio Ōmori

      Staff Officer

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      Yasumi Hara

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      Kôji Nanbara

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      Koji Kiyomura

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      Kazuo Kumakura

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      Hōsei Komatsu

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      Taketoshi Naitō

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      Seijirô Onda

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      Shinjirō Asano

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      Junji Masuda

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      Takeshi Sakamoto

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      Hisao Toake

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      Goro Tarumi

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      Akitake Kōno

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      Akio Tanaka

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      George Furness

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      Asao Sano

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      Tetsuya Kaji

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      Jerry Itō

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      Junkichi Orimoto

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      Munemaru Kôda

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      Masao Tsuruta

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    Released

    Original Language

    English

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