I Want to Be a Shellfish
7.5
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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Cast
30 people
Frankie Sakai
Tomimatsu Shimizu
Known for
Shōgun
Mothra
Michiyo Aratama
Fusae Shimizu
Known for
Kwaidan
The Human Condition I: No Greater Love
Shinobu Hashimoto
Sanezumi Fujimoto
Tetsutarô Katô
Kumi Mizuno
Toshiko
Known for
Ebirah, Horror of the Deep
The War of the Gargantuas
Reiji Miwa
Daisuke Katō
Takeuchi
Known for
Seven Samurai
Yojimbo
Susumu Fujita
General Yano
Known for
The Hidden Fortress
Sanshiro Sugata
Chishū Ryū
Komiya
Known for
Tokyo Story
Late Spring
Tadao Nakamaru
Saburô Ônishi
Known for
Terror of Mechagodzilla
What's Up, Tiger Lily?
Kōji Nanbara
Known for
Branded to Kill
The Human Condition I: No Greater Love
Shinobu Hashimoto Director · Tetsutarō Katō Author Masaru Satō Composer
United States release March 17, 1971 · Produced in Japan · Languages English, Japanese
Production
TOHO
Production
Japan
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Original title
私は貝になりたい
Original language
Japanese
Spoken on screen
English · Japanese
Release dates
Japan · April 12, 1959
Theatrical
United States · March 17, 1971
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