I Want to Be a Shellfish

8.3 2008 139 min
TV Movie War Drama

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 a…

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Director
Katsuo Fukuzawa
Writer
Shinobu Hashimoto

Cast

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Masahiro Nakai Toyomatsu Shimizu
Yukie Nakama Fusae Shimizu
Yuki Shibamoto Toshiko
Masahiko Nishimura Nemoto
Magi Shokichi Sakai
Tsubasa Katô Kenichi
Tetsuya Takeda Takeuchi
Ainosuke Kataoka Captain Hidaka
Tatsuo Nadaka Major Adachi
Isao Takeno Sergeant Kimura
Naomasa Musaka Private Tateishi
Yoshiyoshi Arakawa Private Takita
Pinko Izumi Toshio's mother
Masatô Ibu Commander Onoe
Takaya Kamikawa
Mitsuru Hirata Miyake

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