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I Want to Be a Shellfish was released in 1958.

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I Want to Be a Shellfish has a runtime of 1 hour and 40 minutes (100 minutes total).

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I Want to Be a Shellfish has a highly acclaimed rating of 8.0/10 on TMDB.

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I Want to Be a Shellfish was directed by Yoshihiko Okamoto.

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I Want to Be a Shellfish stars Frankie Sakai, Mutsuko Sakura, Toshie Takada, Shin Saburi, Yoshio Ōmori and 5 other cast members.

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I Want to Be a Shellfish

Name: I Want to Be a Shellfish
Director: Yoshihiko Okamoto
Released: 1958-01-01
Duration: 100 min
Rating: 8
Cast: Frankie Sakai, Mutsuko Sakura, Toshie Takada, Shin Saburi, Yoshio Ōmori

8/10

1958

1h 40m

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."