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I Want to Be a Shellfish

I Want to Be a Shellfish

I Want to Be a Shellfish

10.0(2 votes)

April 12, 1959

1h 53m

Overview

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.

Director

Shinobu Hashimoto

Writers

Shinobu Hashimoto, Tetsutarō Katō

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Cast

Frankie Sakai

Tomimatsu Shimizu

Michiyo Aratama

Michiyo Aratama

Fusae Shimizu

Kumi Mizuno

Toshiko

Daisuke Katō

Takeuchi

Susumu Fujita

General Yano

Chishū Ryū

Komiya

Tadao Nakamaru

Saburô Ônishi

Kōji Nanbara

Takeo Oikawa

Kamatari Fujiwara

Kamatari Fujiwara

Yoshio Inaba

Asao Koike

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