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私は貝になりたい (2008)

Drama War

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...

Updated Jun 2 2020

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Runtime: 139 mins Rating: 8.0

Cast

Masahiko Nishimura

Nemoto

Yukie Nakama

Fusae Shimizu

Yoshiyoshi Arakawa

Private Takita

Isao Takeno

Sergeant Kimura

Masatō Ibu

Commander Onoe

Naomasa Musaka

Private Tateishi

Mitsuru Hirata

Miyake

Tetsuya Takeda

Takeuchi