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."
| Actor | Role |
|---|---|
 Frankie SakaiShimizu Toyomatsu | Shimizu Toyomatsu |
 Mutsuko SakuraShimizu Fusae | Shimizu Fusae |
 Toshie TakadaToshiko | Toshiko |
 Shin SaburiLieutenant-General Yano | Lieutenant-General Yano |
| YYoshio ŌmoriStaff Officer | Staff Officer |
 Yasumi HaraNot listed | Not listed |
 Kōji NanbaraNot listed | Not listed |
| KKoji KiyomuraNot listed | Not listed |
 Kazuo KumakuraNot listed | Not listed |
 Hōsei KomatsuNot listed | Not listed |
 Taketoshi NaitōNot listed | Not listed |
 Seijirô OndaNot listed | Not listed |
| SShinjirō AsanoNot listed | Not listed |
| JJunji MasudaNot listed | Not listed |
 Takeshi SakamotoNot listed | Not listed |
 Hisao ToakeNot listed | Not listed |
 Gorō TarumiNot listed | Not listed |
 Akitake KōnoNot listed | Not listed |
| AAkio TanakaNot listed | Not listed |
| GGeorge FurnessNot listed | Not listed |
 Asao SanoNot listed | Not listed |
 Tetsuya KajiNot listed | Not listed |
 Jerry ItōNot listed | Not listed |
 Junkichi OrimotoNot listed | Not listed |
| MMunemaru KôdaNot listed | Not listed |
| MMasao TsurutaNot listed | Not listed |