Shinobi: Heart Under Blade (2005)
- Original title
- Shinobi
- Directed by
- Ten Shimoyama
- Genre
- drama film, martial arts film, romance film, ninja film
- Country
- Japan
- Runtime
- 1h 41m
- Rated
- R
- Rating
- 6.6 of 10 from 176 voters
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
The catalogue in 3D
The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this film is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.
How it feels
Two ninja clans are forced to fight each other. A young man from one clan and a woman from the other fall in love, and their romance is threatened by the conflict.
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What happens
Shinobi: Heart Under Blade is a 2005 Japanese romantic drama film directed by Ten Shimoyama and written by Kenya Hirata. It is an adaptation of Futaro Yamada's novel The Kouga Ninja Scrolls, although the characters are highly altered. It depicts the clash between two ninja clans, Iga and Kouga, and the fated love between Gennosuke (Kouga) and Oboro (Iga). The film's theme song was "Heaven" by Ayumi Hamasaki. The film was released by Shochiku on September 15, 2005. On February 6, 2007, Funimation released the film on home video in North America. The DVD is a 2-disc set with the main movie available in Japanese and an English dub. The second disc contains special features and making-ofs, with English subtitles available for all special features. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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