Ballad (2009)

Ballad is a 2009 Japanese movie directed by Takashi Yamazaki and inspired by an award-winning 2002 animated movie based on Yoshito Usui’s Crayon Shin-chan manga.

Movie info

Original title: BALLAD－名もなき恋のうた
Transliterated title: Ballad: Namonaki Koi no Uta
Release date: September 5, 2009
Directed by: Takashi Yamazaki
Written by: Takashi Yamazaki (screenplay)
Distributed by: Toho

Region 3 NTSC DVD (English subtitles)
Label: Panorama (Hong Kong)
Out: Jan 7, 2011
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Region A Blu-ray (English subtitles)
Label: Panorama (Hong Kong)
Out: Jan 7, 2011
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Plot

A young boy named Shinichi gets sent back in time to the Sengoku period and saves a general’s life. The general is in love with Princess Ren, but she is expected to be married to a powerful daimyo of northern Kanto named Okura Itakatora.

Featured Cast

Actor		Role
	Tsuyoshi Kusanagi	Matabee ijiri
	Yui Aragaki	Princess Ren
	Akashi Takei	Kawakami Shinichi
	Michitaka Tsutsui	Kawakami Akira
	Yui Natsukawa	Kawakami Misako
	Mitsuru Fukikoshi
	Kyoko Kagawa
	Kenji Motomiya
	Atsuo Nakamura
	Kazuki Namioka
	Takao Osawa
	Yukiyoshi Ozawa
	Yuki Saito
	Kunihiro Sato
	Shun Sugata
	Yui Tateishi
	Sumina Teramoto
	Reo Yoshitake