I Want to Be a Shellfish
1959, Japanese. Directed by Shinobu Hashimoto.
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.
- Runtime
- 1h 53m
- Post-credits
- None listed
- Language
- Japanese
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- Released
- 12 April 1959
- Original title
- 私は貝になりたい
- Country
- Japan
- Written by
- Shinobu Hashimoto
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I Want to Be a Shellfish runs 113 minutes (1h 53m).
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I Want to Be a Shellfish isn’t streaming on any OTT platform in India yet; it released on 12 April 1959. (Checked 10 November 2026.)
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Who directed I Want to Be a Shellfish?
I Want to Be a Shellfish (1959) was directed by Shinobu Hashimoto and stars Frankie Sakai, Michiyo Aratama, Kumi Mizuno.