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| Naruto Shippuudden Movie 1 Naruto Shippuudden Movie 2 Naruto Shippuudden the Movie Preview | Plot Summary | Characters | Screenshots This is the fouth movie in the Naruto franchise and the first one based in the Naruto Shippuuden time frame. It was released in Japan on August 4th, 2007 and will be available in US theaters on September 25th, 2009. The movie is directed by Hajime Kamegaki and written by Junki Takegami, both of whom will be working on the second Naruto Shippuuden Movie: Bonds. Although the exact time whenthe movie's events took place is not revealed, it probably occurred after the Rescue of Gaara arc. There was much hype about the movie because of a preview showing Naruto's apparent death, to watch the preview and to get more info go to the preview section. |
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Plot
Summary
Yomi, a dark medical ninjutsu user, seeks to revive a demon
known as Mouryou. Yomi is the survivor of a fallen shinobi
clan who worshipped Mouryou and used his powers to create a Ghost Army
of stone puppets. With the army, they almost managed to
conquer the entire continent, but a priestess from the Demon Country
managed to separate Mouryou from his physical body and seal
him. Yomi has released Mouryou’s spirit again in
order to try to conquer the world and establish again the Thousand Year Kingdom that his clan had
envisioned. Yomi offers Mouryou his own body to temporarily
contain his spirit. To unleash Mouryou’s
true powers, they must first travel to Swamp Country where
Mouryou’s physical body is sealed. Yomi once again
resurrects the Ghost Army to march towards Swamp Country, destroying
everything in their way. He sends his four henchmen, Kusuna,
Shizuku, Gitai and Setsuna, to assassinate Shion, the current high
priestess
of Demon Country and the only one who can seal Mouryou away again. Konoha has
learned of the release of Mouryou and sends many advance teams to try
to stop the Ghost Army, but without much success. Tsunade
calls in Naruto and Sakura and pairs them with Neji and Lee to go on a special mission. They will
travel to Demon Country to be Shion’s bodyguards and ensure
she makes it safely to Swamp County to reseal Mouryou. The
team arrives at Shion’s temple in time to chase off
Yomi’s henchmen. But upon seeing Naruto, Shion
reveals that she has had a vision - one where Naruto dies while trying
to protect her. |
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| Movie Characters Shion  Shion is
the current high priestess of Demon Country and is the daughter of the
previous priestess who sacrificed herself to seal away the demon
Mouryou. She has led a pampered life and appears at the
beginning to care little for those who sacrificed their lives to
protect her - leading to conflicts with Naruto. But like
Naruto, Shion has lived a lonely life because the villagers are afraid
of her powers. As a priestess‘s daughter, Shion has
inherited the ability to see into the future and foretell when someone
is going to die while trying to protect her. As her visions
have been always accurate so far, all the villagers avoid her so as to
avoid being in one of her future visions.Yomi 
The survivor of a clan of shinobi who once attempted to
conquer the world using the power of Mouryou. Using an army
of stone warriors, they were on the verge of defeating the other
countries, when a high priestess from the Demon Country sealed away
Mouryou. Yomi is a practitioner of dark medical ninjutsu and
has created a technique to inject chakra into his followers to boost
their powers and allow them to use any element of their
choosing. Using his dark medical ninjutsu knowledge, Yomi was
able to prepare his body to become a temporary host to
Mouryou’s spirit. However, the strain on his body
slowly begins to show their effects.Mouryou 
A demon whose spirit and physical body were separated and
sealed away in shrines by Miroku, the previous high priestess of Demon
Country. His spirit is sealed in Demon Country while his body
is sealed in Swamp Country. Mouryou’s physical form
appears as a black/purplish cloud of dark energy, though he can
manipulate his body into the form of multiple serpents. Miroku 
The previous high priestess of the Demon Country and
Shion’s mother. She sacrificed herself in order to
seal away Mouryou. Miroku wanted Shion to live a normal life
and prevented her from learning about her true powers. But to
protect her daughter, she left Shion a special bell which allows Shion
to foresee her own death in the future and be able to prevent
it. However, to save Shion’s life, another one must
usually be sacrificed in her place.Taruho 
A dedicated temple guardsmen and servant who has sworn to
protect Shion with his life. He appears always to
be calm and collected, and is implacable in his loyalty to
Shion. Even after Shion revealed to him that he will die in
order to protect her, he continues to accompany Naruto and the others
on their mission. |
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| Gang of Four: | |
Kusana
The leader of the Gang of Four, a group of shinobi henchmen
who serve
Yomi. Everyone on his team refers to him as 'brother', but
whether
they are actual siblings is not known. Kusana can control the
parasitic worm creatures which Yomi uses to carry out some of his dark
medical ninjustu. He can use them to infuse chakra into his
teammates
or use them to attack and paralyze his foes. |
Shizuku
The only female (?) member of the Gang of Four.
She enjoys taunting
the enemy and performing acrobatic-style moves. Her prefered
jutsu
element is Water. |
Gitai
Gitai is the wild member of the team and loves wreaking
havoc. He also has an ability to track down their prey using
his nose much like Kiba Inuzuka. His preferred chakra element
is Earth. |
Setsuna
Setsuna prefers to use Wind element jutsus and appears to be
more reserved and calculating in his attacks than Gitai or Shizuku. |