Naruto Shippûden: The Movie (2007)

A powerful spirit that once threatened to destroy the world is back! Naruto's mission is to protect a priestess named Shion, who is the only one with the power to seal away the monster.

Director:

Hajime Kamegaki

Writers:

Masashi Kishimoto (creator), Junki Takegami (screenplay)

Stars:

Junko Takeuchi, Chie Nakamura, Yôichi Masukawa

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Junko Takeuchi	...	Naruto Uzumaki (voice)
Chie Nakamura	...	Sakura Haruno (voice)
Yôichi Masukawa	...	Rock Lee (voice)
Kôichi Tôchika	...	Neji Hyûga (voice)
Ayumi Fujimura	...	Shion (voice)
Yoshinori Fujita	...	Taruho (voice)
Daisuke Kishio	...	Susuki (voice)
Fumiko Orikasa	...	Miroku (voice)
Hidetoshi Nakamura	...	Yomi (voice)
Tetsuya Kakihara	...	Kusuna (voice)
Kishô Taniyama	...	Gitai (voice)
Miyuki Sawashiro	...	Shizuku (voice)
Katsuyuki Konishi	...	Setsuna (voice)
Masako Katsuki	...	Tsunade, The Fifth Hokage (voice)
Keiko Nemoto	...	Shizune / Tonton (voice)

Storyline

Demons that once almost destroyed the world, are revived by someone. To prevent the world from being destroyed, the demon has to be sealed and the only one who can do it is the shrine maiden Shion from the country of demons, who has two powers; one is sealing demons and the other is predicting the deaths of humans. This time Naruto's mission is to guard Shion, but she predicts Naruto's death. The only way to escape it, is to get away from Shion, which would leave her unguarded, then the demon, whose only goal is to kill Shion will do so, thus meaning the end of the world. Naruto decides to challenge this "prediction of death." credits to animenewsnetwork.

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Plot Keywords:

ninja | battle | ghost | death | soul | 

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Genres:

Animation | Action | Adventure | Family | Fantasy

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Certificate:

Not Rated

Did You Know?

Connections

Follows Naruto the Movie: Ninja Clash in the Land of Snow (2004)

User Reviews

Uncompelling story

The first three Naruto movies were entertaining and exciting. And they showed the essence of what Naruto's character is about. This fourth installment is not that much different but is nearly not as compelling as the previous movies were. In Shippûden Naruto has grown considerably. And you do notice that he has matured. In this movie it is like he never changed except for his appearance. To me it is strange why the writers don't show some elements that are relevant to the show or it's characters. After the developments in Naruto Shippûden I had hoped that we at least got to see what happened in the two years that Naruto was training with Jiraiya or something like that. But to have the same story told over and over does get boring. (Priestess is cocky,Naruto gets angry and corrects her and finally ... her. You know. The end!). This movie does contain some superb action scenes especially the one with Rock Lee. Not a a bad movie,but very pale in comparison to the previous movies and the series.

Details

Official Sites:

Official site [Japan]

Country:

Japan

Language:

Japanese

Release Date:

10 November 2009 (USA)

Also Known As:

Naruto Shippuden - The Movie

Box Office

Cumulative Worldwide Gross:

$13,219,807

Company Credits

Production Co:

Pierrot

Technical Specs

Runtime:

94 min

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1