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NitabohJapanese film series 2024

Anime about a man who plays a Japanese stringed instrument.
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This award-winning anime tells the life story of Nitaboh, the founder of the Tsugaru Shamisen style.

This award-winning anime tells the life story of Nitaboh, the founder of the Tsugaru Shamisen style.

Going blind at the age of eight and orphaned aged eleven, Akimoto Nitarō (Nitaboh) [turn around] meets a goze – a blind shamisen player, who teaches him to play this instrument, which enjoys great popularity in Japan.

 

Japan 2004, anime, 100 minutes, original language with English subtitles; directed by Akio Nishizawa; script: Akio Nishizawa, Daijō, Kazuo; sound director: Makoto Kuriya