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I Want to Be a Shellfish

Original title: Watashi wa Kai ni Naritai
  • TV Movie
  • 1958
  • 1h 31m
IMDb RATING
6.4/10
7
YOUR RATING
George Furness in I Want to Be a Shellfish (1958)
JapaneseDramaWar

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. A... Read allOn 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 n... Read allOn 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... Read all

  • Director
    • Yoshihiko Okamoto
  • Writer
    • Shinobu Hashimoto
  • Stars
    • Furankī Sakai
    • Mutsuko Sakura
    • Shin Saburi
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  • IMDb RATING
    6.4/10
    7
    YOUR RATING
    • Director
      • Yoshihiko Okamoto
    • Writer
      • Shinobu Hashimoto
    • Stars
      • Furankī Sakai
      • Mutsuko Sakura
      • Shin Saburi
  • See production info at IMDbPro
  • See production info at IMDbPro
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    Furankī Sakai
    Furankī Sakai
    • Toyomatsu Shimizu
    • (as Furankî Sakai)
    Mutsuko Sakura
    • Fusae Shimizu
    Shin Saburi
    Shin Saburi
    • General Yano
    Shinji Minami
    • Captain Hidaka
    Seijirō Onda
    Seijirō Onda
    • Major Okami
    • (as Seijirô Onda)
    Akitake Kôno
    Akitake Kôno
    • Komiya
    George Furness
    • Attorney for the protagonist
    • Director
      • Yoshihiko Okamoto
    • Writer
      • Shinobu Hashimoto
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    Details

    • Release date
      • 1958 (Japan)
    • Country of origin
      • Japan
    • Language
      • Japanese
    • Also known as
      • Ich möchte eine Muschel sein
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    Tech specs

    • Runtime
      • 1h 31m(91 min)
    • Color
      • Black and White
    • Aspect ratio
      • 1.33 : 1

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