Shinobi: Heart Under Blade (2005)

This is one of the best Japanese movies i have ever seen.I loved it and i recommend it to anyone who knows what a good movie is.I didn't expect to be this good but it exceeded my expectations by far.I've seen twice in one day and I still want to see it again.It captured me with the story.From the title i expected an action packed movie but the beauty of the movie doesn't stand in the fight scenes but in the love story between the two 'shinobis'.The end left me speechless because I didn't portrayed it in my mind this way and it gives the movie another quality upgrade for the dramatic type of it.The characters are great and the actors outstanding...It has a 10 from me

Fmovies: I really like this movie when I first saw it, because it is like a Ninja version of Romeo and Juliet with some West Side story ( without the singing. Odagiri Joe and Nakama Yukie gave it all they got to make this movie successful and I think its great that they did that. They also have a previous mini series together called Kao. If you movie action movie lovers are hoping for multi action in this movie, you are wasting your time, because this movie is not all about action and it barely shows it, but a lot of scene's in this movie are really strong and great. The meaning and plot of this movie is trying to tell the viewer's about how a great love and easily be torn apart by useless war and family/clans feud's against each other. Anyway this movie is really good its is the only great movie that I have seen this year.

Shinobi is a story about 2 Shinobi tribal villages that must went on a deadly fight. The Lord of the Lords is a man that runs a neutral faction among the Shogun Kingdom but that everyone is bond and obeys, and when he, under clerical/military advice, promotes and proclaims that the 2 Shinobi villages must choose each 5 of their great warriors to battle until death, things turn awry.

The problem is that one beautiful woman of one of the villages falls in mutual love with a man from the other village. Love and war collide. Is the love between them so strong that can stop the war? Shinobi is a movie packed with astounding nature scenes, (I wonder if still exists such nature landscapes thru Japan...) a surprisingly impressive fight choreography and a fair story.

I really advise everyone to see this movie!

Shinobi: Heart Under Blade fmovies. Nothing but my undying affection for martial arts movies made me watch this. Well, that and plus the tag line read that "Shinobi" is a cross between X-Men and Romeo and Juliette. X-Men just happens to be another extreme favorite of mine.

Shinobi had a very warm feeling to it even though the movie is about special warriors. The movie consisted of very little dialogue but a lot of emotion. The CGI and special effects were used in just the right dosages. The CGI and special effects were necessary to properly display the particular talents and skills of the shinobi from the Iga clan and the Kouga clan. I was more interested in the battle scenes but the portentous drama scenes did not drag the movie down. Nothing was really overplayed from the plot. The love between Gennosuke (Jen-o-skay) and Oboro was not drawn out and overplayed, nor were the fight scenes. The director definitely went with a quality over quantity approach. The dramatic and romantic scenes between Gennosuke and Oboro as well as the fight scenes were few in number but very well done. The fight scenes were especially well done considering that this movie most likely did not have the bloated budget of your typical American action film.

I thought this movie really came through with its style and its message. "Shinobi" reminded me of the Jet Li movie, "Hero", where warriors put aside their personal grudges and beliefs for the common good. Of course, lives were lost from the Shinobi warriors, which can be viewed as sad. But, when you watch enough films about fighting and honor, you come to realize that the warriors are just weapons and dying in battle is the only acceptable end for them.

As someone mentioned, he said that the movie was awful because it contained only 10% fighting scene. Well that person exaggerated too much. Obviously this movie is a romance just because the title is SHINOBI and does not mean it contains lots of violent / fighting scenes. Instead, this movie focuses more on the romance side rather than the violence side. and That is why the theme song is a ballad. This movie is very beautiful. it has good romance just like Romeo and Juliet. If you are a person who likes romance, than this is the right movie. and if you are a person who is looking for violence, than this movie is not the right one for you.

Since young, I'm thrilled by Kung Fu action flicks and looks like I will be continuously entertained by the big screen when studios keep producing films like this. The Japanese is a culture that is very deep rooted. As such, to escape, their minds have to venture way way beyond the logic and realism. Look through the genres of Japanese anime and fantasies - they are so extreme! I would not say that this movie belongs to the very extreme, but it is at the right level for grown up audience. It has all the right ingredients - beautiful settings and sceneries, romance (the Chinese style) and most of all out-of-the-world Kung Fu powers and actions.

The story has a slow start. But as it progresses, the extraordinary skill of each fighter is revealed. You can't help but get glued to the screen for the next ninja to fight. The ending was sad but satisfying.