Movie

Ballad (2009)

• September 5, 2009
• 2h 12m

• Drama
• Action
• Romance

Overview

Based on the plot of an award-winning Crayon Shin-chan animated movie from 2002, a boy named Shinichi (Takei) does the time-traveling and meets a feared general named Ijiri Matabei (Kusanagi). Ijiri is in love with Princess Ren (Aragaki) who subsequently rejects an arranged marriage to Okura Itakatora (Osawa), a powerful daimyo of northern Kanto. Enraged by the rejection, Okura sends a large army to Ijiri's smaller state and it's up to Shinichi to change their destiny.

Director

Takashi Yamazaki

Writers

Yoshito Usui, Takashi Yamazaki

Starring

Tsuyoshi Kusanagi, Yui Aragaki, Takao Osawa