Ballad (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.
Director:
Takashi Yamazaki
Writer:
Takashi Yamazaki
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Tsuyoshi Kusanagi as Matabe Ijiri |
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Yui Aragaki as Princess Renheme |
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Takao Osawa as Itakatora Ohkura |
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Yui Natsukawa as Misako Kawakami |
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Michitaka Tsutsui as Akira Kawakami |
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Akashi Takei as Shinichi Kawakami |
| Writing | Yoshito Usui | Writer |
| Directing | Takashi Yamazaki | Director |
| Sound | Naoki Sato | Music |
| Writing | Takashi Yamazaki | Screenplay |
| Production | Satoshi Kokubo | Associate Producer |
| Directing | Toru Yamamoto | Assistant Director |
| Sound | Kenji Shibasaki | Sound Effects |
| Costume & Make-Up | Kazuko Kurosawa | Costumer |
| Editing | Ryuji Miyajima | Editor |
| Production | Masaki Koide | Associate Producer |
| Production | Akira Morii | Line Producer |
| Production | Toshiyuki Matsui | Producer |
| Production | Chikahiro Ando | Producer |
| Production | Shuji Abe | Executive Producer |
| Production | Michihiko Umezawa | Executive Producer |
| Art | Tetsuji Tatsuta | Decorator |
| Art | Masahide Nakazawa | Decorator |
| Art | Anri Jojo | Production Design |
| Sound | Hitoshi Tsurumaki | Sound Recordist |
| Lighting | Kenichi Mizuno | Gaffer |
| Visual Effects | Takashi Yamazaki | Visual Effects |
| Crew | Yukiko Yamagata | Script |
