Ballad

Ballad

132 mins | Drama, Action, Romance | Sept. 5, 2009

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.

Ballad

132 mins | Drama, Action, Romance | Sept. 5, 2009

Ballad
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.
IMDb rating 5.6
Producers Toho Company, Ltd.
Original title BALLAD 名もなき恋のうた
Directors Takashi Yamazaki
Writers Yoshito Usui, Takashi Yamazaki

Cast

Tsuyoshi Kusanagi

as Matabe Ijiri

Yui Aragaki

as Princess Renheme

Takao Osawa

as Itakatora Ohkura

Yui Natsukawa

as Misako Kawakami

Michitaka Tsutsui

as Akira Kawakami

Akashi Takei

as Shinichi Kawakami