Naruto Shippuden the movie

Naruto: Shippūden the Movie is a 2007 film directed by Hajime Kamegaki and written by Junki Takegami. It is the fourth film based on the Naruto manga and the first of the Naruto: Shippūden anime series. It was announced on November 22, 2006, in that week's issue of Shonen Jump. The movie was released in theaters on August 4, 2007. Pre-sale tickets had been available since April 21, 2007. The movie will be released on DVD in Japan on April 23, 2008.

Plot summary
Demons that once almost destroyed the world have been revived by someone. To prevent the world from being destroyed, Naruto is to guard Shion, but she predicts Naruto's death. The only way to escape it is to get away from Shion, which would leave her unguarded, then the demons, whose only goal is to kill Shion will do so, thus meaning the end of the world. Naruto decides to challenge this "prediction of death", and not leave Shion.

Trailers
The trailer begins with a brief glimpse of Shion's eye and a dark scene with lava. Naruto is fighting against dark purple, snake-like monsters with dragon heads. He is impaled through his back for the first of two times in the trailer. Shion's face is seen in a metallic reflection, as if she was looking at herself, while black ribbons wave in the background.

The second scene involves Naruto confronting a group of ten mysterious shadowy figures resembling the image of the demons from before. After a short introduction, you are able to see Naruto attacking the enemies and being cut from head to toe in quick flashes. He soon is seen falling down into an abyss.

An altenative ending shows a battle-torn Naruto forming a Rasengan ready to strike back, but the jutsu eventually begins to shrink and dissipate in his hand. We assume that Naruto has died, his cracked headband is placed on a gravestone with Sakura kneeling in front of it.

The rest of Naruto's friends mourn around Sakura, though many details are different than the scene shown in the initial teasers. Neji, Shikamaru, Choji, Tsunade, Lee, and Shizune are present and not wearing their funeral attire.

The following scenes show Naruto and Sakura gently carrying a weak Shion. Rock Lee fights with a Rock-like foe. Three individuals with connected chakra strings are also shown. The trailer ends as Shion falls from Naruto's back and down a chasm.

DJ Ozma's song Lie-Lie-Lie plays during the trailer.

Episode Openings and Endings
Naruto: Shippūden episodes twenty-four through twenty-seven have had the standard opening replaced with scenes from the movie, each one containing different scenes. The ending theme has also been changed, but unlike the openings, retains the same scenes from the movie. As of episode twenty-eight, both the opening and ending were changed to what they were before.

Cast Character Japanese actor
Naruto Uzumaki Junko Takeuchi
Sakura Haruno Chie Nakamura
Shizune Keiko Nemoto
Chouji Akimichi Kentarou Itou
Neji Hyuga Kouichi Toochika
Tsunade\Fifth Hokage Masako Katsuki
Shikamaru Nara Showtaro Morikubo
Rock Lee Yoichi Masukawa
Shion Ayumi Fujimura
Miroku Fumiko Orikasa
Setsuna Katsuyuki Konishi
Gitai Kishô Taniyama
Shizuku Miyuki Sawashiro
Kusuna Tetsuya Kakihara

Production
The movie was produced by Aniplex, Bandai Co., Ltd., Dentsu Inc., Pierrot, Shueisha, and TV Tokyo.