I Want to Be a Shellfish (1959)
Original title: 私は貝になりたい
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.
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Frankie SakaiTomimatsu Shimizu
Michiyo AratamaFusae Shimizu
Kumi MizunoToshiko
Daisuke KatōTakeuchi
Susumu FujitaGeneral Yano
Chishū RyūKomiya
Tadao NakamaruSaburô Ônishi
Kōji NanbaraTakeo Oikawa
Kamatari Fujiwara
Yoshio Inaba
Asao KoikeMovie DNA
Director preference90738Actor preference252209 · 173576 · 222262Country preferenceJpDecade preference1950Runtime preferenceMedium
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What is I Want to Be a Shellfish about?
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.
How long is I Want to Be a Shellfish?
I Want to Be a Shellfish has a runtime of 113 minutes.