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Ballad: Na mo naki koi no uta

  • 20092009
  • 2h 7m
IMDb RATING
5.6/10
285
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Ballad: Na mo naki koi no uta (2009)
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A movie examining a young boy's first encounter with true fear in his endless pursuit of courage.A movie examining a young boy's first encounter with true fear in his endless pursuit of courage.A movie examining a young boy's first encounter with true fear in his endless pursuit of courage.
IMDb RATING
5.6/10
285
YOUR RATING
  • Director
    • Takashi Yamazaki
  • Writers
    • Yoshito Usui(manga)
    • Takashi Yamazaki(screenplay)
    • Keiichi Hara(based on)
  • Stars
    • Tsuyoshi Kusanagi
    • Yui Aragaki
    • Akashi Takei
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  • Director
    • Takashi Yamazaki
  • Writers
    • Yoshito Usui(manga)
    • Takashi Yamazaki(screenplay)
    • Keiichi Hara(based on)
  • Stars
    • Tsuyoshi Kusanagi
    • Yui Aragaki
    • Akashi Takei
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    • 2User reviews
    • 4Critic reviews
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    • Awards
      • 1 nomination

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    Tsuyoshi Kusanagi
    • Matabee ijirias Matabee ijiri
    Yui Aragaki
    Yui Aragaki
    • Princess Renas Princess Ren
    Akashi Takei
    • Kawakami Shinichias Kawakami Shinichi
    Michitaka Tsutsui
    • Kawakami Akiraas Kawakami Akira
    Yui Natsukawa
    Yui Natsukawa
    • Kawakami Misakoas Kawakami Misako
    Mitsuru Fukikoshi
    Mitsuru Fukikoshi
    Kyôko Kagawa
    Kyôko Kagawa
    Kenji Motomiya
    Atsuo Nakamura
    Kazuki Namioka
    Takao Osawa
    Takao Osawa
    • Takatora Ookuraias Takatora Ookurai
    Yukiyoshi Ozawa
    Yukiyoshi Ozawa
    Akihiko Sai
    Akihiko Sai
    • Robberyas Robbery
    Yuki Saitô
    Kunihiro Satô
    Shun Sugata
    Shun Sugata
    • Assistant Professor Yias Assistant Professor Yi
    Motokatsu Suzuki
    Motokatsu Suzuki
    • A scouting soldieras A scouting soldier
    Yui Tateishi
    • Director
      • Takashi Yamazaki
    • Writers
      • Yoshito Usui(manga)
      • Takashi Yamazaki(screenplay)
      • Keiichi Hara(based on)
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      This is director Takashi Yamazaki's first adaptation of a Japanese manga comic.

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    4/10
    Crappy build up and almost no attachment but decent battle scenes
    This is basically a fantasy style movie that the audience has to just go with it. There is some parts that doesn't make sense at all noticeably. The plot is about a modern time boy who goes back in time somehow to Sengoku-era japan and is in pursuit of courage while dealing with the dangers of his surrounding. In fact the movie switches from modern time to tenshou year 2 or something like that. The premise actually sort of reminded me of "The Forbidden Kingdom" except way more ridiculous because despite traveling back in time the story doesn't revolve around any mystical stuff. And this movie takes place in japan instead of china. But like I said it's a movie your just going to have to just go with or else your really going to dislike it, like the character Shinichi Kawakami's mother in the movie who just automatically accepts what is going on. When the movie takes place during Sengoku-era it just didn't seem all that realistic, it felt sort of like a live action Disney movie, even the interaction between characters seemed a bit childish at times. But than again this was probably aimed to be a family movie, and let's just say the acting was pretty terrible for this type of movie and even for a family movie. The problem about this movie is that it goes in a really cliché direction from the dialogue to the directions of the characters and everything else. And the movie just seemed to really drag with the characters just constantly infatuated with different time zones which is understandable but it's just really dragged on in this with nothing much going on. Even if it's a family movie little kids will probably get bored about 30 minutes into the movie, probably even less. There really isn't any good character development and the chemistry between the little boy and his surroundings wasn't developed very well either. The build up isn't good and there is little to almost not attachment. The plot is about a modern boy going back in time and building courage, but there is hardly a moment to build his courage and it's more leaning towards stupidity instead of bravery. Although it's a bummer the blend of the characters from modern time with the Sengoku-era time isn't done really well, I sort of enjoyed the last 50 or so minutes of the movie very slightly. Probably just because of the inspirational music and emotion even if the battle scenes got worse as it progressed.

    4.5/10
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    • Mar 7, 2011

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    • Release date
      • September 5, 2009 (Japan)
    • Country of origin
      • Japan
    • Official site
      • Official site (Japan)
    • Language
      • Japanese
    • Also known as
      • Ballad
    • Production companies
      • Asatsu-DK
      • Futabasha
      • Robot Communications
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    • Gross worldwide
      • $19,380,161
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    • Runtime
      2 hours 7 minutes
    • Color
      • Color
    • Sound mix
      • Dolby Digital
    • Aspect ratio
      • 2.35 : 1

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