Japan Synopsis
ROAD TO NINJA -NARUTO THE MOVIE-
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.
The 2011–2013 Japan Window
482 Japan films released in this three-year window, ranked here by audience rating. Road to Ninja: Naruto the Movie sits at position #111.
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The 2010s Japan Landscape
Catalog density by release year in the 2010s. Highlighted year (yellow) is when Road to Ninja: Naruto the Movie premiered. 1769 total titles in this decade from Japan.
Reception Benchmarks
Ranked #1,027 of 4,579 Japan films indexed here (78th percentile by TMDB audience score).
Rating is +0.7 points above the Japan average of 6.9/10.
Among Japan Animation productions specifically: #825 of 2,532 (top 33%).
Production Details
| Primary Country | Japan |
|---|---|
| Original Language | Japanese |
| Production Companies | dentsu, Aniplex, Shueisha, TV Tokyo, Pierrot |
| Runtime | 1h 49m |
| Release Date | July 28, 2012 |
| IMDb | tt2290828 |