I Want to Be a Shellfish
(2008)

Released: 2008-09-22

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1944, in the depths of World War II. Toyomatsu Shimizu is a completely typical barber from a remote sea-side town who lives frugally but happily with his wife Fusae and their five-year-old son. Eventually, though, the army beckons and he is drafted. One day an officer on the battle-field orders him to kill a captive U.S. soldier. Although Toyomatsu lacks the spirit to kill the man, and only wounds him in the arm, the victorious U.S. soldiers will not accept this, and Toyomatsu is arrested and tried as a war-criminal. And he receives the cruelest sentence possible...

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Masahiro Nakai

as Toyomatsu Shimizu

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Yukie Nakama

as Fusae Shimizu

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Magi

as Shokichi Sakai

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Ainosuke Kataoka

as Captain Hidaka

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Tatsuo Nadaka

as Major Adachi

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Isao Takeno

as Sergeant Kimura

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Naomasa Musaka

as Private Tateishi

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Yoshiyoshi Arakawa

as Private Takita

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Pinko Izumi

as Toshio's mother

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Masatô Ibu

as Commander Onoe

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Joe Hisaishi

Original Music Composer

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Kazuko Kurosawa

Costume Design

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Kosuke Matsushima

Director of Photography

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Mr.Children

Theme Song Performance

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Takeshi Shimizu

Production Design

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Katsuro Onoue

Special Effects Supervisor

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