Ballad

(2009)

★ 5.4 IMDb · 11 votes

Genres: Drama, Action, Romance

Year: 2009

Runtime: 132 мин

Country: Japan

Director: Такаси Ямадзаки

Cast: 草彅剛, Юи Арагаки, Такао Осава, 夏川結衣, 筒井道隆, 武井証, 豊満亮, 滝裕二郎

Plot

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.