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Shinobi: Heart Under Blade

2005 · 107 min

A tragic, visually striking romance set against brutal ninja warfare, blending sweeping emotion with stylish action and a sense of doomed fate.

Directed by
Ten Shimoyama
Genres
Action
Starring
Yukie Nakama, Joe Odagiri, Tomoka Kurotani
Tagline
Fated to love : destined to kill.
Overview
Even though Gennosuke and Oboro are from rival ninja villages, they are secretly in love. At an annual conference with the Lord, it is dictated that a competition--a fight to the death--will take place between the five best shinobi from each village. Gennosuke and Oboro's love is made even more impossible when they each got picked as the leader of the five to represent their respective villages.

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Directed by
Ten Shimoyama
Genres
Action
Starring
Yukie Nakama, Joe Odagiri, Tomoka Kurotani
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Tone
  • melancholicstrength 3 of 3
  • romanticstrength 2 of 3
  • tensestrength 2 of 3
  • darkstrength 2 of 3
Pacing
measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • love
  • fate
  • betrayal
  • war
  • death
Places
  • countryside
  • single country house
Era
period
Audience
teen
Form
  • twist ending
Content intensity
  • Gore mild
  • Language none
  • Violence strong
  • Sex mild
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action7
Horror3
Humour1
Realism4
Romance7
Tension6
Darkness7
Complexity5
Emotional weight8

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Details

Genres
action
Directed by
Ten Shimoyama
Starring
Yukie Nakama, Joe Odagiri, Tomoka Kurotani, Erika Sawajiri, Lily, Takeshi Masu, Tak Sakaguchi, Kippei Shiina
Music
Taro Iwashiro
Cinematography
Masashi Chikamori
Runtime
107 min
Country
Japan
Languages
Japanese

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