I Want to Be a Shellfish

1h 53m
10

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.

Cast

Frankie Sakai
Tomimatsu Shimizu
Michiyo Aratama
Fusae Shimizu
Kumi Mizuno
Toshiko
Daisuke Katō
Takeuchi
Susumu Fujita
General Yano
Chishū Ryū
Komiya
Tadao Nakamaru
Saburô Ônishi
Kōji Nanbara
Unknown
Takeo Oikawa
Unknown
Kamatari Fujiwara
Unknown
Yoshio Inaba
Unknown
Asao Koike
Unknown
Akihiko Hirata
Unknown
Yū Fujiki
Unknown
Ichirō Shimizu
Unknown
Masao Oda
Unknown
Jun Tatara
Unknown
Kyoro Sakurai
Unknown
Kazuo Katō
Unknown
Kamayuki Tsubono
Unknown
Keiji Sakakida
Unknown
Ikio Sawamura
Unknown
Sachio Sakai
Unknown
George Furness
Unknown

Crew

Shinobu Hashimoto
Director, Writer
Tetsutarō Katō
Novel
Asakazu Nakai
Cinematography
Sanezumi Fujimoto
Producer
Reiji Miwa
Producer
Yoshirō Muraki
Production Design
Masaru Satō
Original Music Composer

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