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Ballad 

Based on the plot of an award-winning Crayon Shin-chan animated movie from 2002, a boy named Shinichi time-travels and meets a feared general named Ijiri Matabei. Ijiri is in love with Princess Ren, who subsequently rejects an arranged marriage to Okura Itakatora, 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.
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Based on the plot of an award-winning Crayon Shin-chan animated movie from 2002, a boy named Shinichi time-travels and meets a feared general named Ijiri Matabei. Ijiri is in love with Princess Ren, who subsequently rejects an arranged marriage to Okura Itakatora, 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.

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Genre:Drama, Action, Romance
Directed By:Takashi Yamazaki
Written By:Yoshito Usui, Takashi Yamazaki, Keiichi Hara
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Runtime:132 minutes
Studio:TOHO, Robot Communications, TV Asahi, J-dream, dentsu, ADK, LesPros Entertainment, Shin-Ei Animation, Futabasha, Shogakukan, Shirogumi, Asahi Broadcasting Corporation, Nagoya Broadcasting Network

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