Year: 2009
Runtime: 132 mins
Language: Japanese
Director: Takashi Yamazaki
Adapted from the award‑winning 2002 Crayon Shin‑chan film, Shinichi (Takei) time‑travels and meets General Ijiri Matabei (Kusanagi). Ijiri loves Princess Ren (Aragaki), who rejects an arranged marriage to powerful northern Kanto daimyo Okura Itakatora (Osawa). Enraged, Okura attacks Ijiri’s state, and Shinichi must intervene to change their fate.
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