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Watashi wa Kai ni Naritai

Watashi wa Kai ni Naritai (2008)

Drama | 139 minutes
3,50 1 votes

Genre: Drama / War

Duration: 139 minuten

Alternative titles: I Want to Be a Shellfish / 私は貝になりたい

Country: Japan

Directed by: Katsuo Fukuzawa

Stars: Masahiro Nakai, Yukie Nakama and Yuki Shibamoto

IMDb score: 6,4 (124)

Releasedate: 22 September 2008

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Watashi wa Kai ni Naritai plot

In the final years of the Second World War, the hairdresser Toyomatsu Shimizu lives frugally but happily with his wife and five-year-old son in a small coastal village. But eventually he also has to join the army and when one day he receives an order from an officer there to shoot an American soldier prisoner of war, he cannot bear this. Toyomatsu only shoots the man in the arm. However, after the surrender of the Japanese army, Toyomatsu is arrested and tried as a war criminal. He will receive the most severe punishment possible.

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Masahiro Nakai Masahiro Nakai

Toyomatsu Shimizu

Yukie Nakama Yukie Nakama

Fusae Shimizu

Yuki Shibamoto Yuki Shibamoto

Toshiko

Masahiko Nishimura Masahiko Nishimura

Nemoto

Magi Magi

Shokichi Sakai

Tsubasa Katô Tsubasa Katô

Kenichi

Tetsuya Takeda Tetsuya Takeda

Takeuchi

Ainosuke Kataoka Ainosuke Kataoka

Captain Hidaka

Tatsuo Nadaka Tatsuo Nadaka

Major Adachi

Isao Takeno Isao Takeno

Sergeant Kimura

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