CrossBinge
Finding 41.241 movie posters in the basement
I Want to Be a Shellfish (2008)

I Want to Be a Shellfish (2008)

I Want to Be a Shellfish (2008)

Original title: 私は貝になりたい

I Want to Be a Shellfish is a 2008 Japanese-language tv movie movie directed by Katsuo Fukuzawa, with a running time of 2h 19m. It stars Masahiro Nakai, Yukie Nakama and Yuki Shibamoto.

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 army beckons and he is drafted. One day an officer on the battle-field orders him to kill a captive U.S. soldier. Although Toyomatsu lacks the spirit to kill the man, and only wounds him in the arm, the victorious U.S. soldiers will not accept this, and Toyomatsu is arrested and tried as a war-criminal. And he receives the cruelest sentence possible...

Quick answers

What is I Want to Be a Shellfish about?

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 army beckons and he is drafted. One day an officer on the battle-field orders him to kill a captive U.S. soldier. Although Toyomatsu lacks the spirit to kill the man, and only wounds him in the arm, the victorious U.S. soldiers will not accept this, and Toyomatsu is arrested and tried as a war-criminal. And he receives the cruelest sentence possible...

When was I Want to Be a Shellfish released?

I Want to Be a Shellfish was released on 22 September 2008.

How long is I Want to Be a Shellfish?

I Want to Be a Shellfish runs 2h 19m.

Who made I Want to Be a Shellfish?

I Want to Be a Shellfish was directed by Katsuo Fukuzawa.

Cast

Similar movies

Explore I Want to Be a Shellfish guides