Release Date

31 Oct, 1958

Runtime

01:40: (HH:MM)

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."

Original Title

私は貝になりたい

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Actors

フランキー堺

桜むつ子

高田敏江

佐分利信

大森義夫

原保美

南原宏治

清村耕次

熊倉一雄

小松方正

内藤武敏

恩田清二郎

浅野進治郎

増田順司

坂本武

十朱久雄

垂水悟郎

河野秋武

田中明夫

George Furness

佐野浅夫

Crew

加藤哲太郎

Keiji Dobashi

橋本忍

Yoshihiko Okamoto