Synopsis

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."

Main Cast

Frankie Sakai

Shimizu Toyomatsu

Age : N/A | Popularity : 4%

Mutsuko Sakura

Shimizu Fusae

Age : N/A | Popularity : 4%

Toshie Takada

Toshiko

Age : N/A | Popularity : 9%

Shin Saburi

Lieutenant-General Yano

Age : N/A | Popularity : 24%

Yoshio Ōmori

Staff Officer

Age : N/A | Popularity : 16%

Yasumi Hara

Age : N/A | Popularity : 24%

Kôji Nanbara

Age : N/A | Popularity : 8%

Koji Kiyomura

Age : N/A | Popularity : 26%

Crew

Department	Role	Name
Writing	Story	Shinobu Hashimoto
	Screenplay	Tetsutarō Katō
Directing	Director	Yoshihiko Okamoto
Sound	Music	Keiji Dobashi
Department	Role	Name

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