I Want to Be a Shellfish

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I Want to Be a Shellfish (1959)

Directed by Shinobu Hashimoto

· 1h 53m

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.

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Cast

Frankie Sakai Tomimatsu Shimizu Michiyo Aratama Fusae Shimizu Kumi Mizuno Toshiko Daisuke Katō Takeuchi Susumu Fujita General Yano Chishū Ryū Komiya Tadao Nakamaru Saburô Ônishi Kōji Nanbara
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Takeo Oikawa Kamatari Fujiwara Yoshio Inaba Asao Koike

Crew

Director
Shinobu Hashimoto
Writer
Shinobu Hashimoto
Novel
Tetsutarō Katō
Director of Photography
Asakazu Nakai
Original Music Composer
Masaru Satō
Producer
Reiji Miwa, Sanezumi Fujimoto

Details

Original title
私は貝になりたい
Release date
1959-04-12
Runtime
1h 53m
Original language
JA
Spoken languages
English, Japanese
Countries
Japan
Production
TOHO