Release Date

September, 5th, 2009

Running Time

132 min

Genre

Drama , Romance , Children/Family , Action/Adventure , Science Fiction/Fantasy , Historical , Feature

Color

Color

Screening Format

35mm

Screen Size

-

Sound Processing

Dolby Digital

[ 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 (Japan) ]

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 (International) ]

PONY CANYON INC.
1-5-17 Roppongi, Minato-ku, Tokyo 106-8487
tel: +81-3-6230-9700
fax: +81-3-6230-9750
E-mail: kaigai@ponycanyon.co.jp　
https://intl.ponycanyon.co.jp