Shinobi: Heart Under Blade (2005)
Original title: Shinobi
Shinobi: Heart Under Blade is a 2005 Japanese-language action movie directed by Ten Shimoyama, with a running time of 1h 47m. It stars Yukie Nakama, Joe Odagiri and Tomoka Kurotani.
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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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