Naruto the Movie: Ninja Clash in the Land of Snow (2004) Gekijô-ban Naruto: Daikatsugeki! Yukihime ninpôchô dattebayo!! (original title)

Director:

Tensai Okamura

Writers:

Masashi Kishimoto (manga series)
Katsuyuki Sumizawa (screenplay)
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Release Date:

21 August 2004 (Japan)

Genre:

Animation | Action | Adventure | Comedy

Plot:

Naruto Uzumaki the ninja-in-training knuckle-headed and his team are sent on a mission to guard Yukie Fujikaze...

Plot Keywords:

Ninja | Based On Comic | Martial Arts | Based On Manga | Based On TV Series

Cast

Junko Takeuchi	...	Naruto Uzumaki (voice: Japanese version)
Chie Nakamura	...	Sakura Haruno (voice: Japanese version)
Noriaki Sugiyama	...	Sasuke Uchiha (voice: Japanese version)
Kazuhiko Inoue	...	Kakashi Hatake (voice: Japanese version)
Yûko Kaida	...	Yukie Fujikaze (voice: Japanese version)
Chikao Ôtsuka	...	Makino (voice: Japanese version)
Hidehiko Ishizuka	...	Sosetsu Kazehana (voice: Japanese Version)
Tsutomu Isobe	...	Doto Kazehana (voice: Japanese Version)
Harî Kaneko	...	Mizore Fuyuguma (voice: Japanese Version)
Jun Karasawa	...	Fubuki Kakuyoku (voice: Japanese Version)
Hirotaka Suzuoki	...	Nadare Roga (voice: Japanese Version)
Karen Miyama	...	Koyuki Kazehana (voice)
Masayo Hosono	...	Child 1 (voice: Japanese Version)
Tomo Shigematsu	...	Child 2 (voice: Japanese Version)
Yuki	...	Child 3 (voice: Japanese Version)
Akimitsu Takase	...	Assistant Director (voice: Japanese Version)
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Cam Clarke	...	Sotetsu Kazehana (voice: English version)
Maile Flanagan	...	Naruto Uzumaki (voice: English version)
Crispin Freeman	...	Omiji / Tsukekuro (voice: English version)
Kyle Hebert	...	Mizore Fuyukuma / Movie Theater Owner (voice: English version)
Kate Higgins	...	Sakura Haruno / Child (voice: English version)
David Jeremiah	...	Additional Voices (voice: English version)
Lex Lang	...	Doto Kazehana (voice: English version)
Yuri Lowenthal	...	Sasuke Uchiha (voice: English version)
Michael McConnohie	...	Director Makino (voice: English version)
Daran Norris	...	Sandayu Asama / Additional Voices (voice: English version)
Liam O'Brien	...	Nadara Roga (voice: English version)
Jamieson Price	...	Hidero / Shishimaru (voice: English version)
Sam Riegel	...	Assistant Director (voice: English version)
Cindy Robinson	...	Fubuki Kakuyoku (voice: English version)
Jamie Simone	...	Additional Voices (voice: English version)
Doug Stone	...	Kin / Buriken (voice: English version)
Kari Wahlgren	...	Koyuki Kazehana / Yukie Fujikaze / Additional Voices (voice: English version)
Dave Wittenberg	...	Kakashi Hatake / Child (voice: English version)

Directed by
Tensai Okamura

Writing credits
Masashi Kishimoto		(manga series)
Katsuyuki Sumizawa		(screenplay)
Liam O'Brien		(adaptation)

Produced by
Atsuhiro Iwakami	....	producer
Jamie Simone	....	producer

Original Music by
Toshio Masuda

Casting by
Jamie Simone

Art Direction by
Shigenori Takada

Production Management
William Germain	....	production supervisor

Art Department
Nobuko Mizuta	....	color designer

Sound Department
David W. Barr	....	adr recordist
Yasunori Ebina	....	sound director
Chiharu Kamio	....	recording director

Animation Department
Shigeo Akahori	....	key animator
Koichi Arai	....	key animator
Shinji Aramaki	....	mechanical designer
Hayato Date	....	animation supervisor
Hisashi Eguchi	....	key animator
Masaaki Endo	....	key animator
Kenji Hachizaki	....	key animator
Atsushi Hasebe	....	key animator
Hiroyuki Horiuchi	....	key animator
Kazunobu Hoshi	....	key animator
Shuichi Kaneko	....	key animator
Hirotsugu Kawasaki	....	key animator
Shigeru Kimijima	....	key animator
Takao Maki	....	key animator
Hiroshi Masuda	....	key animator
Toshihiko Masuda	....	key animator
Michio Mihara	....	key animator
Masahiro Neriki	....	key animator
Tetsuya Nishio	....	character designer
Tetsuya Nishio	....	key animator
Masahiko Sasaki	....	key animator
Shuichi Shimamura	....	key animator
Yasuyuki Shimizu	....	key animator
Toshiyuki Sugano	....	key animator
Sachiko Sugino	....	key animator
Hirofumi Suzuki	....	character designer
Tsutomu Suzuki	....	key animator
Shin'ya Takahashi	....	key animator
Hiroto Tanaka	....	chief animation director
Norimoto Tokura	....	key animator
Tatsuya Tomaru	....	key animator
Takashi Tomioka	....	key animator
Hirômi Yamakawa	....	key animator
Cindy H. Yamauchi	....	key animator (as Cindy Yamauchi)
Kazuyoshi Yanaginuma	....	key animator

Music Department
William Germain	....	music coordinator

Other crew
Mary Elizabeth McGlynn	....	voice director
Jessica Renslow	....	production coordinator

Production Companies

• Gekijô ban Naruto Seisaku Iinkai

Distributors

• Toho Company (2004) (Japan) (theatrical)
• Columbia Pictures (2005) (worldwide) (video) (dubbed)
• Hollydan Works (2008) (Yugoslavia) (DVD)
• Sony Pictures Home Entertainment (2005) (USA) (DVD)
• Viz Media (2005) (USA) (DVD) (International)

Also Known As:

"Gekijô-ban Naruto: Daikatsugeki! Yukihime ninpôchô dattebayo!!" - Japan (original title)

Runtime:

Japan:113 min

Country:

Japan

Language:

Japanese

Color:

Color

Certification:

Australia:M | New Zealand:M | Germany:12 | South Korea:15 (cable rating) | Canada:G (Quebec) (VHS/DVD rating) | UK:12

Company:

Gekijô ban Naruto Seisaku Iinkai

Movie Connections:

Spin off from "Naruto" (2002)

Fun Movie

This movie is a theatrical side story of the acclaimed any TV show, Naruto. Naruto is the story of young ninjas training to become better at their skills. Each character has their own history and story to tell, main character amongst these is Naruto, the boy cursed with a demon sealed within his body and forced to live a bullied life because of the discrimination against him.

However, Naruto is strong willed and determined to prove the towns people of Konoha wrong, quite often causing many other people to be enlightened by his fiery spirit. In this story, Naruto and his two team mates; Sasuke and Sakura along with their instructor, the famous master of over 1000 techniques, Kakashi have been assigned to be a bodyguard for a famous actress as she travels the world filming.

However, there is trouble afoot when a band of dangerous and powerful ninjas attack the film crew claiming that the actress is in fact a princess of the land of forever snow where they have had the misfortune of arriving. The Ninjas are working for the actress' Uncle, who turned traitor to her father 10 years ago, who is after something called "The Hexagonal Crystal", claiming the princess knows where it is.

The princess is as cold as the snow where she was born and refuses to be moved by anyone not even as those who protect her fall into more and more serious danger, Naruto knows she has the will to defeat her uncle if only she would stop running away from her fears. But can he convince her to change, and what will happen in the meantime, how many more innocent lives will be stolen by her vicious Uncle.

This is a fun and exciting movie that acts well as a fun side story for the Naruto TV show. It harnesses nothing particularly amazing but is definitely a fun film that is greatly enjoyable with a good blend of emotions, action and special effects.