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I Want to Be a Shellfish (2008) (DVD) (Standard Edition) (Japan Version) DVD Region 2

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I Want to Be a Shellfish (2008) (DVD) (Standard Edition) (Japan Version)

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Based on the writings of a Japanese WWII soldier executed for war crime, the curiously titled I Want to be a Shellfish is a momentous, heartrending drama about a family man whose life is cruelly upturned by war. I Want to be a Shellfish was first adapted for television in 1958 and turned into a massive hit, so much so that it traveled to the big screen the following year in a film directed by Rashomon screenwriter Hashimoto Shinobu. For the 50th anniversary of the first television adaptation, TBS remade the story once again with SMAP's Nakai Masahiro in the leading role.

Better known as a funnyman pop idol, Nakai makes a serious turn as barber Shimizu Toyomatsu, a normal, affable guy making ends meet with his wife and son. He is content with life in his small fishing village, but war soon comes knocking on the door. Though he has a limp, Shimizu gets drafted into the army to serve on the home front, experiencing firsthand the brutality and tragedy of war and militarism. More than anything, Shimizu wishes to return to a peaceful life free from war, but at the war's end, he is arrested as a war criminal for having executed an American POW by order of his commanding officer.

Helmed by television director Fukuzawa Katsuo (Good Luck!!) and scripted by Hashimoto Shinobu himself, I Want to be a Shellfish co-stars popular television actress Nakama Yukie (Gokusen) as Shimizu's dedicated wife. Featuring a score by master composer Hisaishi Joe, the film makes an impassioned and moving testament against war through the harrowing experiences of a war criminal who should have never been.

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Product Title: I Want to Be a Shellfish (2008) (DVD) (Standard Edition) (Japan Version) 我想變成貝殼 (2008) (DVD) (Standard Edition) (日本版) 我想变成贝壳 (2008) (DVD) (Standard Edition) (日本版) 私は貝になりたい (2008年度製作版) スタンダード・エディション I Want to Be a Shellfish (2008) (DVD) (Standard Edition) (Japan Version)
Also known as: Watashi wa Kai ni Naritai Watashi wa Kai ni Naritai Watashi wa Kai ni Naritai Watashi wa Kai ni Naritai Watashi wa Kai ni Naritai
Artist Name(s): Nakama Yukie | Nakai Masahiro | Takeda Tetsuya | Ishizaka Koji | Kajiwara Zen | Kaneda Akio | Yamazaki Ginnosho | Shofukutei Tsurubei | Kamikawa Takaya | Arakawa Rara | Orimoto Jyunkichi | Izumi Pinko | Musaka Naomasa | Hirata Mitsuru | Magy | Nishimura Masahiko | Ibu Masato | Asano Kazuyuki | Shibamoto Yuki 仲間由紀惠 | 中居正廣 | 武田鐵矢 | 石板浩二 | Kajiwara Zen | 金田明夫 | Yamazaki Ginnosho | 笑福亭鶴瓶 | 上川隆也 | 荒川良良 | 織本順吉 | Izumi Pinko | 六平直政 | 平田滿 | Magy | 西村雅彥 | 伊武雅刀 | 淺野和之 | 柴本幸 仲间由纪惠 | 中居正广 | 武田铁矢 | 石板浩二 | Kajiwara Zen | 金田明夫 | Yamazaki Ginnosho | 笑福亭鹤瓶 | 上川隆也 | 荒川良良 | 织本顺吉 | Izumi Pinko | 六平直政 | 平田满 | Magy | 西村雅彦 | 伊武雅刀 | 浅野和之 | 柴本幸 仲間由紀恵 | 中居正広 | 武田鉄矢 | 石坂浩二 | 梶原善 | 金田明夫 | 山崎銀之丞 | 笑福亭鶴瓶 | 上川隆也 | 荒川良々 | 織本順吉 | 泉ピン子 | 六平直政 | 平田満 | マギー | 西村雅彦 | 伊武雅刀 | 浅野和之 | 武野功雄 | 名高達男 | 片岡愛之助 | 柴本幸 | 加藤翼 | 草?剛 Nakama Yukie | Nakai Masahiro | Takeda Tetsuya | Ishizaka Koji | Kajiwara Zen | Kaneda Akio | Yamazaki Ginnosho | Shofukutei Tsurubei | Kamikawa Takaya | Arakawa Rara | Orimoto Jyunkichi | Izumi Pinko | Musaka Naomasa | Hirata Mitsuru | Magy | Nishimura Masahiko | Ibu Masato | Asano Kazuyuki | Shibamoto Yuki
Director: Fukuzawa Katsuo Fukuzawa Katsuo Fukuzawa Katsuo 福澤克雄 Fukuzawa Katsuo
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Release Date: 2009-06-03
Publisher Product Code: GNBD-1534
Language: Japanese
Subtitles: Japanese
Country of Origin: Japan
Picture Format: NTSC What is it?
Disc Format(s): DVD
Region Code: 2 - Japan, Europe, South Africa, Greenland and the Middle East (including Egypt) What is it?
Publisher: Geneon Universal Entertainment
Other Information: DVD
Shipment Unit: 1 What is it?
YesAsia Catalog No.: 1016478063

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タイトル:私は貝になりたい: (2008年度製作版) スタンダード・エディション
出演:中居正広/仲間由紀恵/柴本幸/西村雅彦/平田満/マギー/加藤翼/武田鉄矢/伊武雅刀/片岡愛之助/名高達男/武野功雄/六平直政/荒川良々/泉ピン子/浅野和之/金田明夫/山崎銀之丞/梶原善/織本順吉/笑福亭鶴瓶/草?剛/上川隆也/石坂浩二
監督:福澤克雄

中居正広ほか屈指の豪華キャストで描く、戦争の不条理を映し出した究極の人間ドラマ。

高知の漁港で理髪店を営む清水豊松は、妻子と共につましくも温かな家庭を築いていた。そんな彼のもとにも、ついに召集令状が届き、中部軍の部隊に加わることになった。やがて終戦を迎え、ようやく家族との再会を果たした豊松だったが、従軍中の捕虜殺害の容疑で捕らえられてしまう。上官命令に従っただけの豊松は無実を主張するものの、非情な判決が下され…。
戦犯に問われ、絞首刑の判決を受けた実在の人物・加藤哲太郎の遺書をベースに描く、戦争の不条理と悲劇を描いた究極の人間ドラマ。フランキー堺主演で1958年に放映された不朽の名作を、当時の脚本担当だった橋本忍がみずから改訂。とある夫婦の深く切ない愛の物語を、壮大な映像や美しい音楽と共に紡ぎ出していく。主演の中居正広や仲間由紀恵をはじめ、日本映画界屈指の豪華キャストが勢揃いしたことでも話題になった。

■映像特典:ミニ・メイキング映像/予告編集
■音声特典:オーディオ・コメンタリー

テクニカル・インフォメーション
:カラー
画面:16:9/4:3(LB)
言語/音声:日本語:DD(5.1chサラウンド)/日本語:dts(5.1chサラウンド)/解説:DD(ステレオ)

その他の情報
製作年:2008
著作権:(C)2008 「私は貝になりたい」製作委員会
日本小売価格:¥3800

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