The Shell Collector

The Shell Collector

87 mins | Jan. 31, 2016

The latest discovery by a blind shell collector puts the relationship between man and nature on edge: a rare mollusc that is extremely poisonous, but has a healing and hallucinogenic effect on some people. Can people resist the creature’s temptation, or will they put their lives at risk for a heavenly trip?

The Shell Collector

87 mins | Jan. 31, 2016

The Shell Collector
The latest discovery by a blind shell collector puts the relationship between man and nature on edge: a rare mollusc that is extremely poisonous, but has a healing and hallucinogenic effect on some people. Can people resist the creature’s temptation, or will they put their lives at risk for a heavenly trip?
Producers Bitters End
Original title シェル・コレクター
Directors Yoshifumi Tsubota
Writers Anthony Doerr

Cast

Lily Franky

as Scholar

Shinobu Terajima

as Painter Izumi

Sosuke Ikematsu

as Hikari

Ai Hashimoto

as Shimako