Nitaboh

• Cast: Takateru Murata, Akio Otsuka, Hiroaki Hirata, Masako Katsuki, Satoshi Hino
• Duration: 100 minutes
• Genre: Animation, History, Music
• Rating: 8.3/10
• Release Date: 2004-02-21

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.