Yearning to watch 'I Want to Be a Shellfish' in the comfort of your own home? Finding a streaming service to buy, rent, download, or view the Yoshihiko Okamoto-directed movie via subscription can be difficult, so we here at Moviefone want to do the heavy lifting.
Below, you'll find a number of top-tier streaming and cable services - including rental, purchase, and subscription choices - along with the availability of 'I Want to Be a Shellfish' on each platform when they are available. Now, before we get into all the details of how you can watch 'I Want to Be a Shellfish' right now, here are some specifics about the TBS flick.
Released , 'I Want to Be a Shellfish' stars Frankie Sakai, Mutsuko Sakura, Toshie Takada, Shin Saburi The movie has a runtime of about 1 hr 40 min, and received a user score of 100 (out of 100) on TMDb, which put together reviews from 1 knowledgeable users.
What, so now you want to know what the movie's about? Here's the plot: "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."" .
