Shinobi: Heart Under Blade

Shinobi: Heart Under Blade

107 mins | Action | Sept. 17, 2005

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.

Shinobi: Heart Under Blade

107 mins | Action | Sept. 17, 2005

Shinobi: Heart Under Blade
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.
IMDb rating 6.8
Producers Shochiku Co., Ltd., Nippon Television Network Corporation, Eisei Gekijo, Yomiuri Telecasting Corporation (YTV)
Original title Shinobi
Directors Ten Shimoyama
Writers Fûtarô Yamada, Kenya Hirata

Cast

Yukie Nakama

as Oboro

Joe Odagiri

as Kouga Gen-no-suke

Tomoka Kurotani

as Kagerou

Erika Sawajiri

as Hotarubi

Lily

as O-Gen

Takeshi Masu

as Muroga Hyouma

Tak Sakaguchi

as Yasha-maru

Kippei Shiina

as Yakushiji Tenzen

Mitsuki Koga

as Chikuma Koshirou

Houka Kinoshita

as Kisaragi Saemon

Masaki Nishina

as Yagyu Jyubei Mitsuyoshi

Miyu Ehara

as Kouga

Toshiya Nagasawa

as Yagyu Tajima-no-kami Munenori

Shun Itô

as Minonenki

Minoru Terada

as Kouga Danjou

Renji Ishibashi

as Nankaibou Tenkai

Kazuo Kitamura

as Tokugawa Ieyasu

Yutaka Matsushige

as Hattori Hanzou

Akari Saito

as Young girl