I Want to Be a Shellfish Trailer (1958)

31 October 1958 100 mins

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 as Shimizu Toyomatsu

Mutsuko Sakura as Shimizu Fusae

Toshie Takada as Toshiko

Shin Saburi as Lieutenant-General Yano

Yoshio Ōmori as Staff Officer

Crew

Tetsutarō Katō Screenplay

Keiji Dobashi Music

Shinobu Hashimoto Story

Yoshihiko Okamoto Director

International Titles

Watashi wa kai ni naritai Trailer

International Releases Dates

Japan 31 October 1958

Production Companies

TBS

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