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Naruto Shippûden: The Movie 3: Inheritors of the Will of Fire

Original title: Gekijô-ban Naruto Shippûden: Hi no ishi wo tsugu mono
  • 2009
  • Not Rated
  • 1h 35m
IMDb RATING
7.0/10
4.9K
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Naruto Shippûden: The Movie 3: Inheritors of the Will of Fire (2009)
Adult AnimationAnimeHand-Drawn AnimationActionAnimationFantasy

Ninjas with bloodline limits begin disappearing in all the countries and blame points toward the fire nation. By Tsunade's order, Kakashi is sacrificed to prevent an all out war. Naruto figh... Read allNinjas with bloodline limits begin disappearing in all the countries and blame points toward the fire nation. By Tsunade's order, Kakashi is sacrificed to prevent an all out war. Naruto fights through friends and foes to prevent his death.Ninjas with bloodline limits begin disappearing in all the countries and blame points toward the fire nation. By Tsunade's order, Kakashi is sacrificed to prevent an all out war. Naruto fights through friends and foes to prevent his death.

  • Director
    • Masahiko Murata
  • Writers
    • Masashi Kishimoto
    • Junki Takegami
    • Masahiro Hikokubo
  • Stars
    • Junko Takeuchi
    • Chie Nakamura
    • Satoshi Hino
  • See production info at IMDbPro
  • IMDb RATING
    7.0/10
    4.9K
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    • Director
      • Masahiko Murata
    • Writers
      • Masashi Kishimoto
      • Junki Takegami
      • Masahiro Hikokubo
    • Stars
      • Junko Takeuchi
      • Chie Nakamura
      • Satoshi Hino
    • 10User reviews
    • 5Critic reviews
  • See production info at IMDbPro
  • See production info at IMDbPro
    • Awards
      • 1 win & 6 nominations total

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    Junko Takeuchi
    Junko Takeuchi
    • Naruto Uzumaki
    • (voice)
    Chie Nakamura
    • Sakura Haruno
    • (voice)
    Satoshi Hino
    Satoshi Hino
    • Sai
    • (voice)
    Shôtarô Morikubo
    Shôtarô Morikubo
    • Shikamaru Nara
    • (voice)
    Kentarô Itô
    • Chôji Akimichi
    • (voice)
    Ryôka Yuzuki
    • Ino Yamanaka
    • (voice)
    Kôsuke Toriumi
    • Kiba Inuzuka
    • (voice)
    Nana Mizuki
    Nana Mizuki
    • Hinata Hyûga
    • (voice)
    Shinji Kawada
    • Shino Aburame
    • (voice)
    Yôichi Masukawa
    • Rock Lee
    • (voice)
    Kôichi Tôchika
    • Neji Hyûga
    • (voice)
    Yukari Tamura
    • Tenten
    • (voice)
    Akira Ishida
    Akira Ishida
    • Gaara
    • (voice)
    Yasuyuki Kase
    • Kankurô
    • (voice)
    Romi Park
    Romi Park
    • Temari
    • (voice)
    • (as Romi Pak)
    Sôichirô Hoshi
    • Hiruko
    • (voice)
    Yoshimitsu Shimoyama
    • Ichi
    • (voice)
    Junko Minagawa
    • Ni
    • (voice)
    • Director
      • Masahiko Murata
    • Writers
      • Masashi Kishimoto
      • Junki Takegami
      • Masahiro Hikokubo
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    sofialtamsh

    WASTE of time

    I literally started to watch this NARUTO movie based on it's Popularity and most the recommendations. But when I started, it doesn't provide any good STORY, not so emotional and deep bond. Just makes your time waste. Literally man, it's not as good stuffs as NARUTO fans always say. I didn't agree with this movie and very much disappointed. ONLY SOME CHARACTERS HAVE GOOD STORY IN WHOLE NARUTO AND it only circle around Naruto and don't give other characters enough Screen time. Any character you start to like and again you'll face a big disappointment because most of the side characters here are just collateral damages.
    4chrichtonsworld

    Barely entertaining!

    Usually a movie made from a series mean bigger story and bigger everything. In the Naruto franchise I haven't seen one example of this fact. On the contrary it is quite the opposite of the epic anime. It is obvious that the writers are out of ideas. To be honest every Naruto movie including this one has this one message repeated ad nauseam. And the message is always the same,friendship. There is no need to make 6 movies to tell me this. At first this movie started great with promise of epic proportions. Sadly there aren't any. I understand that the writers want to save their best for the anime. But couldn't they just for once show something that actually would be interesting. Like the period between Naruto and Naruto Shippuuden. We are talking about two and half years. Surely something interesting happened in that time. Or why not a little background story of one of the multiple characters like Lee or Kakashi. He is supposed to be this super ninja but always gets hurt. So why not show us how he earned this reputation. For me these movies are redundant and they should stop making them. Of course this won't happen since Naruto is big business. As I understand the fourth Shipuuden movie has already been released and there are plans to make fifth movie. Well,I can only hope for some improvement.
    9carologletree

    A Thrilling Adventure that Might be the Best "Naruto" Movie Yet

    After the mediocrity that was "Bonds," I was convinced that the "Naruto" movie franchise had begun to deteriorate. This film, however, proved me wrong. Not only is it a return to form for the franchise, it just might be the best entry yet.

    There are some very strong themes in this movie. They include self-sacrifice and the series' theme of remembering to never abandon your comrades, no matter what. The choices that the characters have to go through and the tension between some of the characters on whether or not to save Kakashi added a lot of stakes and drama to the proceedings.

    The Konoha 11 all get prominent involvement in this movie, which is extremely refreshing after the previous movie "Bonds" gave most of the supporting characters almost nothing to do. They all get their time to shine and prove to be quite useful on the battlefield.

    The action scenes are intense and exciting and really kept me on the edge of my seat. Hiruko isn't too special off a villain, but he's pretty serviceable and certainly a big improvement on the villains from the last couple of movies.

    The animation is once again solid, even though I personally would have liked for the color palette to be just a little bit brighter. By the way, the ending scene is absolutely HILARIOUS!

    I was very pleased with this movie. It gets the franchise back on track, and I would even say that it replaces "Ninja Clash in the Land of Snow" as my favorite "Naruto" movie so far. Definitely check this one out.

    RATING: A
    6williamjonathon-66207

    Pretty good... For a narut o movie that is

    Will of fire is your basic naruto plot naruto almost singlehandedly fucks everything up then gives a big speech bringing everyone to his side then uses ass pull jutsu to fix everything last minute. Where this movie and the series as a whole shines is with the characters. Almost the entire movie revolves around kakashi, naruto, and shikamaru as you learn more about what it means to them to be ninja and protect their loved ones. The plot without spoiling it is pretty bland though the intro is pretty interesting. Also the animation is pretty good and stays pretty consistent throughout and shows off some cool fights and effects. All that said it's worth watching as a naruto fan but would be pretty boring if not for that.
    3Stefan_Loves_Movies

    #Movie Review

    Disappointed ..this movie was just terrible you can clearly see that there was barely any effort put into it ..the plot makes no sense and it's just boring, the action builds up to a point and fails miserably to deliver...definitely NOT recommend it.

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    • Trivia
      This anime film is located chronologically after the episode of Tasogare (2009) and before the episode of Dokonjô ninden ~ Jiraiya ninpôchô ~ Zenpen (2009) from Naruto: Shippuden (2007).
    • Goofs
      Before and after this movie, the only way Naruto could create a Rasengan was with the help from a clone, yet in this movie, he can do it by himself.
    • Connections
      Followed by Naruto Shippûden: The Lost Tower (2010)
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    • Release date
      • October 23, 2012 (United States)
    • Country of origin
      • Japan
    • Official site
      • Official site (Japan)
    • Language
      • Japanese
    • Also known as
      • Наруто 6
    • Production companies
      • Aniplex
      • Bandai
      • Dentsu
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    • Runtime
      • 1h 35m(95 min)
    • Color
      • Color
    • Sound mix
      • Dolby Digital
      • DTS
    • Aspect ratio
      • 1.85 : 1

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