Road to Ninja: Naruto the Movie

Road to Ninja: Naruto the Movie

PG-13 2012 · 109 min · ★ 7.4 (1K) · Animation, Fantasy, Action

Sixteen years ago, a mysterious masked ninja unleashes a powerful creature known as the Nine-Tailed Demon Fox on the Hidden Leaf Village Konoha, killing many people. In response, the Fourth Hokage Minato Namikaze and his wife Kushina Uzumaki, the Demon Fox's living prison or Jinchūriki, manage to seal the creature inside their newborn son Naruto Uzumaki. With the Tailed Beast sealed, things continued as normal. However, in the present day, peace ended when a group of ninja called the Akatsuki attack Konoha under the guidance of Tobi, the mysterious masked man behind Fox's rampage years ago who intends on executing his plan to rule the world by shrouding it in illusions.

Directed by Hayato Date · Written by Masashi Kishimoto

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Junko Takeuchi Naruto Uzumaki (voice)
Chie Nakamura Sakura Haruno (voice)
Toshiyuki Morikawa Minato Namikaze (voice)
Emi Shinohara Kushina Uzumaki (voice)
Kazuhiko Inoue Kakashi Hatake (voice)
Naoya Uchida Masked Man (voice)
Noriaki Sugiyama Sasuke Uchiha (voice)
Nana Mizuki Hinata Hyuuga (voice)
Hideo Ishikawa Itachi Uchiha (voice)
Shinji Kawada Shino Aburame (voice)
Katsuhiko Kawamoto Deidara (voice)
Masaki Terasoma Hidan (voice)

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