Nitaboh
MovieTitle | NITABOH 仁太坊―津軽三味線始祖外聞 |
User score | 8.3 |
Release date | Feb 21, 2004 |
Genre | Animation, History, Music |
Director | Akio Nishizawa |
Production country | Japan |
Production companies | WAO World |
Run time | 100 min. |
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.