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SHINOBI - Heart Under Blade (live-action movie)

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Alternative title:
Shinobi - Kampf auf Liebe und Tod (German)
Синоби (Russian)
شينوبي (Arabic)
Themes: historical
Plot Summary: 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.
Running time: 106 minutes
Vintage: 2005-09-17
Premiere date:
2005-09-17 (Japan)
2005-09-30 (Taiwan)
2006-05-11 (Hong Kong)
2006-05-11 (Thailand)
2006-06-24 (Russia, Moscow Film Festival)
2006-08-18 (Poland)
2006-09-15 (Spain)
2006-10-21 (Canada, Toronto After Dark Film Festival)
2006-11-07 (Hungary)
2006-11-17 (USA)
2006-12-14 (Germany, limited)
2007-03-30 (France, Deauville Asian Film Festival)
2007-10-10 (Greece)
Ending Theme:
"HEAVEN" by Ayumi Hamazaki
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Blu-Ray (Region A)
    Shinobi: Heart Under Blade - Special Edition (Blu-Ray) 2008-05-13 (from $16.37)
    Shinobi: Heart Under Blade (Blu-Ray) 2010-12-28 (from $10.67)
DVD (Region 1)
    Shinobi: Heart Under Blade (DVD) 2007-02-06 (from $10.99)
    Shinobi: Heart Under Blade (DVD) 2010-12-28 (from $10.68)

Japanese staff
Japanese cast
Director: Ten Shimoyama
Screenplay: Kenya Hirata
Music: Taro Iwashiro
Original creator: Futaroh Yamada
Art Director: Toshuhiro Isomi
Character Conceptual Design: Akihiro Yamada
Sound Director: Hajime Suzuki
Director of Photography: Masashi Chikamori

Action Director: Yuji Shimomura
Costume Design: Kumiko Ogawa
Editing: Isao Kawase
Lighting Director: Koichi Watanabe
Technical Supervision: Jun Yokoishi
Theme Song Performance: Ayumi Hamasaki
VFX Producer: Shuji Asano
Joe Odagiri as Gennosuke Kouga
Yukie Nakama as Oboro

Erika Sawajiri as Hotarubi
Hoka Kinoshita as Saemon Kisaragi
Kippei Shiina as Tenzen Yakushiji
Lily as Ogen
Minoru Terada as Danjo Kouga
Mitsuki Koga as Koshiro Chikuma
Shun Ito as Nenki Mino
Takeshi Masu as Hyoma Muroga
Taku Sakaguchi as Yashamaru
Tomoka Kuratani as Kagero

Kazuo Kitamura as Tokugawa Ieyasu
Japanese companies
(none)
English staff
English cast
(none)
Laura Bailey as Oboro
Troy Baker as Gennosuke Kouga

Colleen Clinkenbeard as Hotarubi
Grant James as Kouga Danjo
Jason Liebrecht as Kisaragi Saemon
John Burgmeier as Chikuma Koshiro
John Gremillion as Muroga Hyoma
Juli Erickson as Ogen
Justin Cook as Yashamaru
Kent Williams as Muroga Hyoma
Mark Stoddard as Yakushiji Tenzen
Mike McFarland as Mino Nenki
Stephanie Young as Kagero

Andy Mullins as Nankobou Tenkai
Ed Blaylock as Yagyu Munenori
Greg Dulcie as Hattori Hanzo
R Bruce Elliott as Tokugawa Ieyasu
English companies
Internet Streaming:
Hulu
The Anime Network
Licensed by: FUNimation Entertainment
Spanish staff
Spanish cast
ADR Director:
David Corsellas (Catalan dub)
Rafael Calvo (Spain dub)
Translation:
Angel Manuel Ibañez (Spain dub)
Bárbara Pesquer (Catalan dub)
ADR Script:
David Corsellas (Catalan dub)
Rafael Calvo (Spain dub)

ADR Engineer: Didac González (Spain / Catalan dub)
Language Consultant: Odile Arqué (Catalan dub)
Mix Engineer: Carles X. García (Spain / Catalan dub)
Alex Messeguer as Gennosuke Kouga (Catalan dub)
Carlos Di Blasi as Gennosuke Kouga (Spain dub)
Joel Mulachs as Oboro (Catalan dub)
Marta Barbará as Oboro (Spain dub)

Albert Roig as Chikuma Koshirou (Catalan dub)
Ana Tena as Hotarubi (Catalan dub)
Carles Sales as Muroga Hyouma (Catalan dub)
David Corsellas as Yakushiji Tenzen (Catalan dub)
Enric Serra Frediani as Kouga Danjou (Catalan dub)
Enriqueta Linares as Ogen (Spain / Catalan dub)
Estela Vilches as Hotarubi (Spain dub)
Javier Viñas as Yakushiji Tenzen (Spain dub)
Juan Carlos Ordóñez as Muroga Hyouma (Spain dub)
Maria del Mar Tamarit as Kagerou (Spain dub)
Miguel Ángel Jenner as Kouga Danjou (Spain dub)
Rafael Calvo as Chikuma Koshirou (Spain dub)
Victoria Pagès as Kagerou (Catalan dub)

Alfonso Vallés as Hattori Hanzou (Catalan dub)
Josep Maria Ullod as Nankaibou Tenkai (Catalan dub)
Victor Iturrioz as Hattori Hanzou (Spain dub)

Ana Vidal (Spain dub)
Miguel Calvo (Spain dub)
Pablo Gomez (Spain dub)
Spanish companies
Dubbing Studio: Tatudec S.L. (Spain / Catalan dub)
Translation: TRADUCCIONES IMPOSIBLES (Spain dub)
Arabic staff
Arabic cast
Translation: Maha Abed

Financial Tracking:
Abdelkader Nabhan
Mohammed Hassan Mohanna
Mixing:
Abe Skr
Samer Abu-Asali
Production manager: Radwan Hegazy
Proofreading: Ramadan Ayub
Review:
Emad Ekr
Shafiq Bitar
Setup: Ammar Sheikh Jabr
Technical Supervision: Louis-Abu Asali
Adel Abou Hassoun as Hyouma Muroga
Asimp Yousef as Hotarubi
Fatima Saad as Ogen
Hazar Ahark as Kagero
Hisham Kafarneh as Danjo Kouga
Marwan Farhat as Gennosuke Kouga
Maysoon Abu-Assad as Oboro
Mohammed Krmacho as Tokugawa Ieyasu
Qasim Mlho as Tenzen Yakushiji
Raid Musharraf as Koshiro Chikuma
Wasf Al Halabi as Hattori Hanzo
Ziad Rifai as Yashamaru
Arabic companies
Broadcaster: space power
Dubbing: Al Zahra Centre - VENUS
Production And Distribution: cartoon star
Polish staff
Polish companies
(none)
Polish cast
(none)
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