Nitaboh: Tsugaru Shamisen Shiso Gaibun

Amadeus with a shamisen. A sightless boy finds purpose in music, apprenticing with a traveling player and developing his own style. The animation is straightforward, but the folk score finds its own nimble grace.

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Akio Nishizawa directed Nitaboh: Tsugaru Shamisen Shiso Gaibun in 2004. See Akio Nishizawa's full filmography, where to start with Akio Nishizawa, or where to go after you've seen everything by Akio Nishizawa.

Nitaboh: Tsugaru Shamisen Shiso Gaibun was released in 2004 (JA original-language production), with a runtime of 100 minutes.