Tsugaru Shamisen

[Unbreakable Will]

I would love to learn how to play it, unfortunately I have no clue as to how to get a reasonably priced one in case I can't learn :/ Anybody have a suggestion or two?
An example of its music if you've never heard it, its the stringed instrument in this song-
YouTube - Yoshida Brothers - Storm (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z1fTbDJiyrM)