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SHINOBI - Heart Under Blade (live-action movie)

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Alternative title:
Shinobi: La spada contro il cuore (Italian)
شينوبي (Arabic)
Objectionable content: Intense
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)
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 $20.99)
    Shinobi: Heart Under Blade (Blu-ray) 2010-12-28 (from $12.88)
DVD (Region 1)
    Shinobi: Heart Under Blade (DVD) 2007-02-06 (from $9.99)
    Shinobi: Heart Under Blade (DVD) 2010-12-28 (from $7.99)

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 Itō 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
Spanish staff
Spanish cast
ADR Director:
David Corsellas (Catalan dub)
Rafael Calvo (Spain dub)
Translation:
Ángel-Manuel Ybáñez (Spain dub)
Bárbara Pesquer (Catalan dub)
ADR Script:
David Corsellas (Catalan dub)
Rafael Calvo (Spain dub)

ADR Engineer:
Didac González (Spain dub; Catalan dub)
Language Consultant: Odile Arqué (Catalan dub)
Mix Engineer:
Carles X. García (Spain dub; Catalan dub)
Alex Meseguer 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 Koshirou Chikuma (Catalan dub)
Ana Tena as Hotarubi (Catalan dub)
Carles Sales as Hyouma Muroga (Catalan dub)
David Corsellas as Yakushiji Tenzen (Catalan dub)
Enric Serra Frediani as Danjou Kouga (Catalan dub)
Enriqueta Linares as Ogen (Catalan dub; Spain dub)
Estela Vilches as Hotarubi (Spain dub)
Javier Viñas as Tenzen Yakushiji (Spain dub)
Juan Carlos Ordóñez as Hyouma Muroga (Spain dub)
Maria del Mar Tamarit as Kagerou (Spain dub)
Miguel Ángel Jenner as Danjou Kouga (Spain dub)
Rafael Calvo as Koshirou Chikuma (Spain dub)
Victoria Pagès as Kagerou (Catalan dub)

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

Ana Vidal (Spain dub)
Miguel Calvo (Spain dub)
Pablo Gomez (Spain dub)
Spanish companies
Dubbing Studio:
Tatudec (Spain dub; Catalan dub)
Translation: Traducciones Imposibles (Spain dub)
Italian staff
Italian cast
(none)
Alessandro Rigotti as Gennosuke Kouga
Sonia Mazza as Oboro

Alessandro Messina as Kisaragi Saemon
Benedetta Ponticelli as Hotarubi
Lorenzo Scattorin as Chikuma Koshiro
Maddalena Vadacca as Kagero
Marco Pagani as Muroga Hyoma
Massimiliano Lotti as Yakushiji Tenzen
Massimo Di Benedetto as Yashamaru
Maurizio Scattorin as Kouga Danjo
Rossana Bassani as Ogen

Alessandro D'Errico as Narratore
Antonio Paiola as Tokugawa Ieyasu
Dario Oppido as Yagyu Munenori
Mario Scarabelli as Nankobou Tenkai
Oliviero Corbetta as Hattori Hanzo
Italian companies
(none)
Arabic staff
Arabic companies
(none)
Broadcaster: Space Power
Arabic cast
(none)
Polish staff
Polish companies
(none)
Polish cast
(none)

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