I Want to Be a Shellfish (1959)

  • NR
  • 04/12/1959 (JP)
  • 1h 53m

Overview

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.

Shinobu Hashimoto

Writer, Director

Tetsutarō Katō

Novel

Cast

Frankie Sakai's headshot

Frankie Sakai

Tomimatsu Shimizu
Michiyo Aratama's headshot

Michiyo Aratama

Fusae Shimizu
Kumi Mizuno's headshot

Kumi Mizuno

Toshiko
Daisuke Katō's headshot

Daisuke Katō

Takeuchi
Susumu Fujita's headshot

Susumu Fujita

General Yano
Chishū Ryū's headshot

Chishū Ryū

Komiya
Tadao Nakamaru's headshot

Tadao Nakamaru

Saburô Ônishi
Kōji Nanbara's headshot

Kōji Nanbara

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