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Shinobi: Heart Under Blade

Shinobi: Heart Under Blade

Fated to love : destined to kill.

2005•1h 47m•6.6/10
Action

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6.6/10(176)

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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Production

Yomiuri Telecasting Corporation, Eisei Gekijo, Shochiku, Nippon Television Network Corporation

Language

JA

Status

Released

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Yukie Nakama

Yukie Nakama

Oboro

Joe Odagiri

Joe Odagiri

Kouga Gen-no-suke

Tomoka Kurotani

Tomoka Kurotani

Kagerou

Erika Sawajiri

Erika Sawajiri

Hotarubi

Lily

Lily

O-Gen

Takeshi Masu

Takeshi Masu

Muroga Hyouma

Tak Sakaguchi

Tak Sakaguchi

Yasha-maru

Kippei Shiina

Kippei Shiina

Yakushiji Tenzen

Mitsuki Koga

Mitsuki Koga

Chikuma Koshirou

Houka Kinoshita

Houka Kinoshita

Kisaragi Saemon

Masaki Nishina

Masaki Nishina

Yagyu Jyubei Mitsuyoshi

Miyu Ehara

Miyu Ehara

Kouga

Toshiya Nagasawa

Toshiya Nagasawa

Yagyu Tajima-no-kami Munenori

Shun Itô

Minonenki

Minoru Terada

Kouga Danjou

Renji Ishibashi

Renji Ishibashi

Nankaibou Tenkai

Kazuo Kitamura

Kazuo Kitamura

Tokugawa Ieyasu

Yutaka Matsushige

Yutaka Matsushige

Hattori Hanzou

Akari Saito

Akari Saito

Young girl

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