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Nitaboh

Film20041h 40mReleased

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Director
Akio Nishizawa
Language
Japanese
Released
2004-02-21
Runtime
1h 40m

Community score

8.215 votes on TMDB

Confidence

Rating weighted by how many people voted

6.5

The story

At a young age, Nitaroh is stricken with an illness that leaves him blind. He inherits the shamisen guitar once used by his mother and is taught its basics by a blind travelling shamisen player. In time with the help of friends old and new, he walks the paths that leads to his ultimate fate - that of founder of the Tsugaru style of shamisen play.

Cast

  • Takateru Murata — artwork unavailable
    Takateru MurataNitaboh (child) (voice)
  • Akio Otsuka
    Akio OtsukaSantaro (voice)
  • Hiroaki Hirata
    Hiroaki HirataTomekichi (voice)
  • Masako Katsuki
    Masako KatsukiTamana (voice)
  • Satoshi Hino
    Satoshi HinoNitaboh (adult) (voice)
  • Rokuro Naya
    Rokuro NayaOsyo (voice)
  • Ikuko Tani
    Ikuko TaniItako (voice)