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Shinobi - Heart Under Blade (Special Edition) [Blu-ray] | ![Shinobi - Heart Under Blade (Special Edition) [Blu-ray]](http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51TNcZjpR6L._SL500_.jpg)
| Director: Ten Shimoyama
Actors: Yukie Nakama, Jô Odagiri, Tomoka Kurotani, Erika Sawajiri, Kippei Shiina
Studio: Funimation Prod
Category: DVD
List Price: $29.98
Buy New: $15.95
You Save: $14.03 (47%)
New (28) Used (6) from $14.31
Rating:  51 reviews
Sales Rank: 4829
Format: Ntsc, Subtitled, Widescreen
Languages: Japanese (Original Language), English (Original Language)
Rating: R (Restricted)
Media: Blu-ray
Region: 1
Aspect Ratio: 1.78:1
Number Of Discs: 1
Running Time: 102 Minutes
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 7.1 x 5.4 x 0.6
MPN: 0
UPC: 704400095641
EAN: 0704400095641
ASIN: B0014567U2
Theatrical Release Date: 2005
Release Date: May 13, 2008
Availability: Usually ships in 24 hours
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| Editorial Reviews:
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
Product Description
The year is 1614. Japan has been united under the Tokugawa Shoguns and the land is begining to feel at peace. Two remote ninja clans the Koga and the Iga are ancient enemies but have long been bound by a peace agreement forbidding them to fight. The heirs to the leadership of both clans have fallen in love but a tragic fate awaits them. A cruel plot is set by the Shogun to wipe these two clans from existence by breaking the peace agreement and forcing the two clans to battle. Five Ninjas of each the Koga and Iga clans will battle against each other to the death. As a great war begins it brings the two young heirs together again. But this time as enemies.System Requirements:Running Time: 102 minutesFormat: DVD Genre: FOREIGN/ASIAN Rating: R UPC: 704400095641 Manufacturer No: 0
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| Customer Reviews: Read 46 more reviews...
 Great Stuff September 30, 2008
JI (Japan)
Great movie! Along the same line as Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon. But, I think this is much better. Would have like'd to see more fight seens, but oh well. I'd definitely recommend this to all. Get the Blu-Ray, it's worth the extra $$$.
 Over-anticipated September 19, 2008
Patrick M. Smolarek (Southern Ontario, Canada)
Not much too say...I'll just break it down.
Story - 6/10
Action - 6/10
Great Blue-Ray title September 1, 2008
R. Olofsson (Boulder, CO United States)
Great movie! It was exeactly what I was hoping for, a great movie that shows off the beauty of Blue-Ray. So if you are looking for an action film to show off your fancy equipment this is a great title. The characters felt like they were from Samurai Showdown video game.
Lovers Fight, but the Love Never Dies July 15, 2008
AMP (Somewhere on Earth)
The Good Things
*Excellent action, special effects, and fight scenes. Very fantastic and imaginative.
*Excellent photography and cinematography. Good production design (customes, make-up, props).
*Good story. Has some drama and a big love story, but is not overly melodramatic. If you've seen "Basilisk," this is basically the same plot.
*A great cast of imaginative and well-acted characters (was also pleseantly surprised to see the "Ninja Scroll"'s Kangero in there!).
The Bad Things
*Ummm....
Definately one of my top favorite ninja/samurai movies of all time! I was expecting a long drawn-out melodrama, but was pleseantly surprised with the film's action scenes and photography. Highly reccomended to anybody looking for a good Asian fantasy epic.
DVD and Blu-ray have great picture and sound quality, and include English dubbing and subtitles. Both versions include a number of featurettes. If you see an all-region disc (region 9, I think), it may have good quality, but will only have English subtitles and no special features.
Decent Martial Arts movie July 5, 2008
Ihop
In all this movie was worth watching once or twice. I'm not that big of a Kung-Fu type movies, but I don't mind watching some senseless violence every once in a while. The computer animation was mediocre to good depending on the brightness of the background at any given time ( on bright you could really notice how fake it looked). The story line as a whole was a little iffy, but I suppose it's tough to make a believable ninjas with superpowers movie. The fight scenes were well choreographed, and I do like how they weren't afraid to kill off some characters unlike many American films.
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