Release Date : September, 5th, 2009
Running Time : 132 min
Genre : Action/Adventure , Drama , Science Fiction/Fantasy , Romance , Children/Family , Historical , Feature

Color : Color
Screening Format : 35mm
Screen Size : -
Sound Processing : Dolby Digital
Subtitle : -

[ Directed by ] YAMAZAKI Takashi

[ Produced by ] ANDO Chikahiro , MATSUI Toshiyuki

[ Cast ]

• KUSANAGI Tsuyoshi IJIRI Matabe
• ARAGAKI Yui Renhime
• OSAWA Takao OKURAI Takatora
• TAKEI Akashi Shinichi

[ Staff ]

• YAMAZAKI Takashi Screenplay
• USUI Yoshito Original Story
• HARA Keiichi Original Idea
• SHIBASAKI Kozo Cinematography
• MIYAJIMA Ryuji Editor
• SATO Naoki Music

[ Production Company ]

"BALLAD" Production Committee, TV ASAHI, J DREAM, DENTSU, ADK, LESPROS ENTERTAINMENT, SHIN-EI ANIMATION, Futabasha, Shogakukan, SHIROGUMI, ABC, NAGOYA TV

[ Distributor ]

TOHO

[ Production Studio ]

ROBOT

[ Story ]

Of the numerous feature films in the Crayon Shin-chan anime series, Crayon Shinchan Bravo Samurai was particularly well received and honored with many prestigious awards. The world of this anime masterpiece has been reworked here as a live-action, romantic period piece. A timid boy timeslips into the medieval era of the Warring States, where he observes the love between a lowly samurai and the princess of a small feudal domain. Yamazaki Takashi, director of the Always: Sunset on Third Street films, employs his talent for visual effects to give the battle scenes a feeling of grand scale.
By sheer chance, the much-bullied Shinichi (Takei Akashi) is transported back to 1574. His sudden arrival happens to save the life of Ijiri Matabee (Kusanagi Tsuyoshi), a samurai general known as "Demon Ijiri," and he soon realizes that Matabee and Princess Ren (Aragaki Yui), the daughter of his lord and a childhood friend, are in love with each other. But Princess Ren's beauty has become famous throughout the region, and Takatora (Osawa Takao), a fiery-tempered lord of a powerful domain, asks for her hand in marriage. She refuses, touching off a battle between the two domains.

[ Official Site ]

http://www.ballad-movie.jp/

[ Contact ]

PONY CANYON INC.
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E-mail: sakoda@ponycanyon.co.jp
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