Shipping will be via Yu-Mail (no compensation, no tracking, no delivery on weekends and holidays). Yu-Mail is not delivered on weekends and holidays, so it may take several days to arrive. If you are in a hurry, please refrain from purchasing. Case: Has scratches, scuffs, etc. DISC: Appears to have no noticeable scratches. Accessories: None DEAGOSTINI Toho/Shintoho War Movie DVD Collection, Volume 52 Supplement No box, no booklet, DVD only Director: Shinobu Hashimoto Screenplay: Shinobu Hashimoto Producer: Masumi Fujimoto, Reiji Miwa Music: Masaru Sato Cinematography: Asakazu Nakai Distribution: Toho Cast: Frankie Sakai Michiyo Aratama Akio Kanno Kumi Mizuno Chishu Ryu Released: April 12, 1959 Running time: 113 minutes In 1944, during World War II. Toyomatsu Shimizu, a timid and ordinary barber, lived in Shimizu, Hata District, Kochi Prefecture. He ran a barber shop, but due to the intensification of the war, he received a draft notice and was conscripted. Toyomatsu, who belonged to a certain unit in the mainland, spent his days in rigorous training. One day, the crew of a shot-down B-29 descended on a mountain behind the unit, and Toyomatsu's company was ordered to "secure the crew and dispose of them appropriately (in the 2008 film version, "properly")." As a result of searching the mountains, they found the crew member barely alive, and the captain ordered Toyomatsu to kill the crew member with a bayonet, but he was too timid to kill him, and in reality, he only wounded him. After the war ended, Toyomatsu was discharged and returned home, where he once again plied his trade at his barber shop. However, one day, the special police arrested Toyomatsu as a Class BC war criminal on suspicion of killing a prisoner. His claims were not accepted in court, and Toyomatsu was sentenced to death. While waiting for the day of his execution, he wrote in his will, "I never want to be born as a human being again. If I have to go through such a terrible experience, I'd rather be a cow or a horse. No, even if I become a cow or a horse, I'm sure I'll be treated badly by humans again. I'd rather be a shell at the bottom of the deep, deep sea... Yes, a shell is good. If I have to be reborn, I want to be a shell in the deep sea, where there is no war or soldiers, and I don't have to worry about my family." (Shelf 501///71212)