I Want to Be a Shellfish (1958)
Synopsis
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."
Release Date: 1958-10-31
Runtime: 100 minutes
Director: Yoshihiko Okamoto
Top Cast
- Frankie Sakai as Shimizu Toyomatsu
- Mutsuko Sakura as Shimizu Fusae
- Toshie Takada as Toshiko
- Shin Saburi as Lieutenant-General Yano
- Yoshio Ōmori as Staff Officer
- Yasumi Hara as
- Kōji Nanbara as
- Koji Kiyomura as
- Kazuo Kumakura as
- Hōsei Komatsu as
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