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Crayon Shin-chan: Pursuit of the Balls of Darkness
1997
· Movie
· 99 min
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The Noharas get caught between two rival clans when Himawari swallows a pretty bead that turns out to be a mysterious ball with hidden powers.
Details
- Director
- Keiichi Hara
- Writer
- Keiichi Hara
- Studio
- Shin-Ei Animation
- Released
- 19 April 1997
- Country
- Japan
- Language
- Japanese
- Runtime
- 99 min
- Box office
- $2.3M
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