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 enlarge | Director: Ten Shimoyama
Actors: Renji Ishibashi, Kippei Shiina, Tomoka Kurotani, Yukie Nakama, Jo Odagiri
Studio: Funimation Prod
Category: DVD
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Avg. Customer Rating:  58 reviews
Sales Rank: 13205
Format: Ntsc, Subtitled, Widescreen
Languages: Japanese (Original Language), English (Original Language)
Rating: R (Restricted)
Media: Blu-ray
Number Of Items: 1
Running Time: 102
Aspect Ratio: 1.78:1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 7.1 x 5.4 x 0.6
MPN: FMABRFN09564
UPC: 704400095641
EAN: 0704400095641
ASIN: B0014567U2
Theatrical Release Date: 2005
Release Date: May 13, 2008
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Product Description
Studio: Funimation Prod Inc Release Date: 05/13/2008
Amazon.com
Equal parts Romeo and Juliet and Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon, Shinobi offers breathtaking cinematography, appealing actors, and ninjas. What more could a movie fan ask for? Released in 2005, Shinobi is set in 17th century Japan, which is dominated by two powerful clans. Oboro is a member of the Iga clan, while her lover Gennosuke is the son of the leader of the Koga clan. Both groups are comprised of expert ninjas who have developed skills unknown to most mortals. When Oboro and Gennosuke meet, they are unaware that by their birthrights, they are meant to hate--not love--each other. When the nefarious Shogun--eager to increase his own power by doing away with both clans--announces that each faction will send in five ninjas to fight to the death, Oboro and Gennosuke are sent in to battle against each other for the honor of their clans. Filled with action (including some computer-generated images to enhance the actors' warrior-like qualities) and romance, Shinobi has the makings of a sweeping epic. Though based on an anime series, the film succeeds as a stand-alone piece of work. Beautifully filmed and well-acted, the film is exciting and heartbreaking, and the viewer senses both hope and doom all the way through the finale. --Jae-Ha Kim
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 Shinobi November 8, 2008
Entertaining. Follow's the Romeo and Juliet saga very closely but is somewhat more introspective. The heroine actually doubts the truth of her own humanity, extremely conflicted by what she thought was her destiny to be a warrior princess and her love for the prince of her enemy. It took the conviction and sacrifice of the hero to convice her that her tradition of violence had a hollow ring. So he's dead, she mourns her loss, and finds she needs to sacrifice herself for the safety of the two villages, the only thing of value left to her. Sounds sad doesn't it? Well heck, so is R&J.
The caliber of the performances was good, not great, and the special 'talents' of the Shinobi were inventive. All in all I found it entertaining and sufficiently redeeming.
Not bad November 2, 2008
Doesn't compare to the anime story of basilisk which this film was based on, but it's good in its own right
expected a lot but merely satisfied October 27, 2008
i believe my arcaid playing times have played a lot role in my high expectation from a movie called shinobi :D although the movie was not bad in itself because i kept my expectations very high it failed to meet them
but nevertheless i enjoyed cool coreographies, action sequences and general atmoshphere.
 shinobi heart under blade October 23, 2008
0 out of 5 found this review helpful
Gooda.
I live in Australia and I am not able to view Sinobi Heart under blade on my PS 3. Due to a regional code, I am really disappointed. Do you know if there is a code that I can enter so that I may view this DVD.
Your help would be greatly appreciated.
many thanks
 Love, Sacrifice, and The Way of the Warrior October 19, 2008
A story about two warriors (shinobi/ninja's) in love across enemy lines, forced to battle with the internal emotional conflict of love contending with duty...a tension which builds and builds until the climax. Epic stuff.
The fight choreography is excellent. Dynamic camera angles which constantly test your perception of up, down, and ground level as the characters likewise do the same. Combine that with twirly acrobatics and flowing weapons, and where the laws of physics fall short, CGI is more than willing to make up for it. Expect fight scenes to be very staccato and dynamic (think Advent Children and Matrix), not legato and fluid (i.e. Crouching Tiger and Hero). It's great for those with imagination, but not for anyone who can't get passed needing "realism"...it's live-action Anime. Enough said ;).
The characters are all unique, and like characters common in Anime/manga, each has a unique jutsu (or combat art). It is intriguing to see how their different jutsu's are pitted against each other in battle, and seeing which one comes out on top in the life and death struggle of war. The ultimate Jutsus, of course, are beheld by the two lovers, who must hold on desperately to their love across enemy lines.
Heh, and the "uh oh, you pissed off the wielder of the elite jutsu" scenes are awesome.
While this does have a lot of similarities of Romeo and Juliet, don't call it a remake of it, or a rip off, or even an interpretation of that story. It is an archetype, and archetypes exist for a reason (things we just love seeing,hearing,etc.) The story itself (which is based on a novel called The Kouga Ninja Scrolls) as far as I know has nothing to do with Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet. I only mention this as an artist frustrated with people ALWAYS saying "that idea was taken from soandso". In reality, writers/artists/etc. with similar interests, upbringings, and lifestyles often produce similar ideas.
That said, I thoroughly enjoyed this movie. My only gripe is that I wish there were more fight scenes.
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