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.
Audience Engagement
904 audience reviews — more than 97% of Japan films in our index.
Popularity sits at the 94th percentile among Japan films.
Titles With Overlapping Themes
Films and series that share thematic tags with Road to Ninja: Naruto the Movie. Number on each card indicates how many keywords overlap.
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Animation + Fantasy in Japan
1095 Japan titles in our catalog blend the Animation and Fantasy genres. Below: the top-rated of them (excluding Road to Ninja: Naruto the Movie itself).
The 2011–2013 Japan Window
Road to Ninja: Naruto the Movie holds position #111 of 482 Japan films in the 2011–2013 window, below highlighted by audience rating.
The 2010s Japan Landscape
Catalog density by release year across the 2010s in Japan, 1769 titles in total. Highlighted year (yellow) is when Road to Ninja: Naruto the Movie premiered alongside 164 others.
Position in Catalog
Released alongside 164 other Japan films in 2012.
The 2645th Japan title from Japan we index (earliest catalogued entry: 1899).
Our Japan catalog contains 4,579 titles in total (2,908 films).
Thematic Fingerprint
Tags on Road to Ninja: Naruto the Movie, grouped by how common each theme is across the full Asian catalog. Rare tags are more distinctive signals.
- pervert · 4
- dead parents · 1
- throwing star · 1
- onsen · 1
- fighting · 22
- alternate reality · 6
- anime · 711
- japan · 454
- love · 123
- village · 46
- ninja · 36
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 |