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Nitaboh

Nitaboh

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Status

Released

Release Date

Feb 21, 2004

Runtime

1h 40m

Genres

Animation, History, Music

User Score

83%

Original Title

NITABOH 仁太坊―津軽三味線始祖外聞

Production Companies

WAO World

Director

Akio Nishizawa

Description

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.