“Blind Nitaroh masters shamisen, founds Tsugaru style after learning from blind mentor and friends.”
Nitaboh
NITABOH 仁太坊―津軽三味線始祖外聞
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Synopsis
Blind Nitaroh masters shamisen, founds Tsugaru style after learning from blind mentor and friends.
At a young age, Nitaroh is stricken with an illness that leaves him blind. He inherits the shamisen once used by his mother and is taught its basics by a blind traveling 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 playing. (Source: ANN)
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σ 1.17 · some divergence
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↓ 0.80
Running avg · Jul 2008 → Dec 2016
- 7 “A belated, yet remarkable directorial debut for the producer Akio Nishizawa is an award-winning historical drama set in the Meiji era and adopted from Kazuo Daijō’s novel. Its story revolves around...”
- 10 “"Don't just follow the path of others, play your own Music!" Well, the story is set at 1868 which is the beginning of the Meiji period & end of the Edo period. So you might expect the story to be...”
- 8 “Nitaboh is not an anime that will appeal to a general audience. Its fanbase is, indeed, about as narrow as that of the Shamisen music the film revolves around. Casting itself as a biopic, Nitaboh...”
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A Movie Production
WAO World.- Format 1 × 99′ eps × min
- Total runtime 1h 39m all episodes
- Aired Feb 2004 – ongoing
- Source Movie media type
- Rated PG Children
- Ref. BS-1097 catalog