I Want to Be a Shellfish

I Want to Be a Shellfish by Yoshihiko Okamoto

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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."

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Cast

Frankie Sakai

Frankie Sakai as Shimizu Toyomatsu

Mutsuko Sakura

Mutsuko Sakura as Shimizu Fusae

Toshie Takada

Toshie Takada as Toshiko

Shin Saburi

Shin Saburi as Lieutenant-General Yano

Yoshio Ōmori

Yoshio Ōmori as Staff Officer

Yasumi Hara

Yasumi Hara as

Kôji Nanbara

Kôji Nanbara as

Koji Kiyomura

Koji Kiyomura as

Kazuo Kumakura

Kazuo Kumakura as

Hōsei Komatsu

Hōsei Komatsu as

Taketoshi Naitō

Taketoshi Naitō as

Seijirô Onda

Seijirô Onda as

Shinjirō Asano

Shinjirō Asano as

Junji Masuda

Junji Masuda as

Takeshi Sakamoto

Takeshi Sakamoto as

Hisao Toake

Hisao Toake as

Goro Tarumi

Goro Tarumi as

Akitake Kōno

Akitake Kōno as

Akio Tanaka

Akio Tanaka as

George Furness

George Furness as

Asao Sano

Asao Sano as

Tetsuya Kaji

Tetsuya Kaji as

Jerry Itō

Jerry Itō as

Junkichi Orimoto

Junkichi Orimoto as

Munemaru Kôda

Munemaru Kôda as

Masao Tsuruta

Masao Tsuruta as

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