Naruto Shippuden the Movie

Naruto: Shippūden the Movie
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Directed by	Hajime Kamegaki
Written by	Junki Takegami
Starring	Junko Takeuchi Chie Nakamura Keiko Nemoto Kentarou Itou
Music by	Yasuharu Takanashi
Distributed by	TOHO
Release dates	August 4, 2007
Running time	90 min approx
Country	Japan
Language	Japanese

Naruto: Shippūden the Movie is the fourth film based on the Naruto manga and the first of the Naruto: Shippūden anime series. It was announced on November 22, 2006, in that week's issue of Shonen Jump. The movie was released in theaters on August 4, 2007. Pre-sale tickets had been available since April 21, 2007.

Plot summary

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. She 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."

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Trailers

The trailer begins with a brief glimpse of Shion's eyes and a dark scene with lava. Naruto is fighting against dark purple, snake-like attacks with dragon heads. He is impaled through his back for the first of two times in the trailer. Shion's face is seen in a metallic reflection, as if she was looking at herself, while black ribbons wave in the background.

The second scene shows Naruto's friends mourning in a graveyard, though many details are different than the scene showed in the initial teasers. Sakura, Neji, Choji, Tsunade, Lee, and others are present showing battle damage and not wearing their funeral clothing.

The following scenes show Naruto and Sakura carrying around a weak Shion in a friendly manner. Lee is seen fighting with a rock-like enemy. Three individuals with connected chakra strings are also seen. The trailer ends as Shion falls from Naruto's back and down a chasm. As she falls, she reaches for a bell-like ornament that she wears.

DJ Ozma's song Lie-Lie-Lie plays during the trailer.

Episode Openings and Endings

Recent Naruto: Shippūden episodes have had the standard opening replaced with scenes from the movie, each one containing different scenes. The ending theme has also been changed, but unlike the openings, retains the same scenes from the movie.

Cast

Character	Japanese actor
Naruto Uzumaki	Junko Takeuchi
Sakura Haruno	Chie Nakamura
Shizune	Keiko Nemoto
Chouji Akimichi	Kentarou Itou
Neji Hyuuga	Kouichi Toochika
Tsunade\Fifth Hokage	Masako Katsuki
Shikamaru Nara	Showtaro Morikubo
Rock Lee	Yoichi Masukawa
Shion	Ayumi Fujimura
Miroku	Fumiko Orikasa
Setsuna	Katsuyuki Konishi
Gitai	Kishô Taniyama
Shizuku	Miyuki Sawashiro
Kusuna	Tetsuya Kakihara

Production

The movie was produced by Aniplex, Bandai Co., Ltd., Dentsu Inc., Pierrot, Shueisha, and TV Tokyo.

Reception

In its opening weekend Naruto: Shippūden the Movie came in at number six. In its second week the movie dropped to number eight and stayed there in its third week.

See also

• Naruto the Movie: Ninja Clash in the Land of Snow
• Naruto the Movie 2: Great Clash! The Illusionary Ruins at the Depths of the Earth
• Naruto the Movie 3: The Animal Riot of Crescent Moon Island

External links

• Naruto-Movie.com