Ballad (2009)
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.
Cast
Tsuyoshi Kusanagi
Matabe Ijiri
Yui Aragaki
Princess Renheme
Takao Osawa
Itakatora Ohkura
Yui Natsukawa
Misako Kawakami
Michitaka Tsutsui
Akira Kawakami
Akashi Takei
Shinichi Kawakami
Ryo Toyomitsu
Yujiro Taki
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