Shinobi: Heart Under Blade
Japanese poster
Directed by	Ten Shimoyama
Produced by	Nozomu Enoki
Written by	Novel: Futaro Yamada Screenplay: Kenya Hirata
Music by	Taro Iwashiro
Cinematography	Masasai Chikamori
Editing by	Isao Kawase
Distributed by	Shochiku
Released	September 17, 2006
Running time	107 min.
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Shinobi: Heart Under Blade is a 2005 Japanese film directed by Ten Shimoyama.

PlotEdit

In an attempt to consolidate his reign and eliminate any possible threat to it, Tokugawa Ieysu orchestrates a feud between the Iga and Koga clans by ordering each of them to choose 5 of their most powerful ninja warriors to fight to the death. Two of these representatives, Gennosuke and Oboro are actually lovers. They see the strategy being employed by Tokugawa, but in the end they have no choice but to be pitted against each other.

CastEdit

• Yukie Nakama ... Oboro
• Joe Odagiri ... Kouga Gen-no-suke
• Tomoka Kurotani ... Kagerou
• Erika Sawajiri ... Hotarubi
• Kippei Shiina ... Yakushiji Tenzen
• Takeshi Masu ... Muroga Hyouma
• Mitsuki Koga ... Chikuma Koshirou
• Tak Sakaguchi ... Yasha-maru
• Houka Kinoshita ... Kisaragi Saemon
• Shun Ito ... Minonenki
• Riri ... O-Gen
• Minoru Terada ... Kouga Danjou
• Masaki Nishina ... Yagyu Jyubei Mitsuyoshi
• Toshiya Nagasawa ... Yagyu Tajima-no-kami Munenori
• Yutaka Matsushige ... Hattori Hanzou
• Renji Ishibashi ... Nankaibou Tenkai
• Kazuo Kitamura ... Tokugawa Ieyasu

External linksEdit

• Shinobi: Heart Under Blade review at Wikipedia