An original video animation, Konoha Annual Sports Festival (木ノ葉運動会 Konoha Undōkai), was included with the Japanese release of the film. The ten-minute opening short revolves around Naruto's inability to use the bathroom while participating in a sports tournament. It is notable because virtually every character, living or dead, in the Naruto universe makes an appearance in it (most of them standing in a restroom-queue). Minato Namikaze also makes an appearance in the shot.
Plot
The film opens with Naruto Uzumaki, Sakura Haruno and Sasuke Uchiha watching a film starring Yukie Fujikaze, in a local cinema. Kakashi Hatake has summoned them to watch it as preparation for their next mission: to prevent Yukie, who plays Princess Gale in the films, from being captured during production of her latest film. Yukie is later revealed to be Koyuki Kazahana, a princess from an island known as the Land of Snow. Doto Kazahana, who is revealed to be Koyuki's uncle, was responsible for the murder of her father Sosetsu in a coup d'etat. During the shooting of the film, Doto's henchmen, wearing Chakra armor, attempt to capture the princess, but Team 7 manages to delay the princess from being captured. Doto eventually captures Koyuki and kills her bodyguards, who reveal themselves in an attempt to protect and restore her rightful place as the ruler of the Land of Snow. Naruto enters the ship to rescue the princess, only to be captured and forced to wear a chakra-draining device. Doto forces Koyuki to hand over a crystal necklace her father had given her when she was young, thinking that this is a key that can unlock the hidden treasure Sosetsu had left behind before detaining both Koyuki and Naruto.Sakura, Sasuke and Kakashi infiltrate the fortress while Naruto and Koyuki escape from captivity. They confront Doto but he manages to capture the crystal necklace and flees with Koyuki. Naruto proceeds to follow Doto while the remaining members of Team 7 confront Doto's henchmen. Kakashi gets his revenge by defeating Doto's henchman Nadare Roga, while Sakura and Sasuke defeat the other two henchmen Fubuki Kakuyoku and Mizore Fuyukuma. Meanwhile, Doto discovers the hidden treasure to transform the island into the Land of Spring using a heat generator. Naruto confronts him in a duel, but gets overpowered while Sasuke uses his Chidori to weaken Doto's armour. Soon after, Naruto releases his energy and uses his new Seven Colored Chakra Rasengan, killing Doto and activating a mirror to transform the land. At the end of the film, Koyuki decides to reclaim her rightful place of royalty and even mentions personally with Team 7 that even in the life of royalty, her acting career will not end.
Cast
| Role | Japanese actor | American actor |
|---|---|---|
| Naruto Uzumaki | Junko Takeuchi | Maile Flanagan |
| Sasuke Uchiha | Noriaki Sugiyama | Yuri Lowenthal |
| Sakura Haruno | Chie Nakamura | Kate Higgins |
| Kakashi Hatake | Kazuhiko Inoue | Dave Wittenberg |
| Soutetsu Kazahana | Hidehiko Ishizuka | Cam Clarke |
| Koyuki Kazahana/Yukie Fujikaze/Princess Fuun (Princess Gale in the English dub) | Yuhko Kaida | Kari Wahlgren |
| Nadare Rouga | Hirotaka Suzuoki | Liam O'Brien |
| Sandayu Asama | Ikuo Nishikawa | Daran Norris |
| Fubuki Kakuyoku | Jun Karasawa | Cindy Robinson |
| Mizore Fuyukuma | Holly Kaneko | Kyle Hebert |
| Doto Kazahana | Tsutomu Isobe | Lex Lang |
| Director Makino | Chikao Ōtsuka | Michael McConnohie |
| Assistant Director | Akimitsu Takase | Sam Riegel |
| Omiji/Tsukekuro | Crispin Freeman | |
| Ken/Buriken | Yutaka Nakano | Doug Stone |
| Hidero | Kan Tanaka | Jamieson Price |
Releases
The film was originally released in Japan on August 21, 2004. It was later released on DVD on April 28, 2005. The film was released in the United States as a one-day showing on June 6, 2007. Instead of the OVA included with the Japanese release, the American release included a short featurette entitled "World of Naruto", as well as a behind the scenes featurette afterwards with interviews with the main English cast and select members of the main Japanese cast. The OVA will, however, appear in the North American DVD release. The DVD was released on September 4, 2007. The film premiered on Cartoon Network on September 8, 2007. The film also played at Cineplex Odeon and Empire Theatres cinemas in Canada, distributed via Bell TV to play the film at all cinemas at the same time. The film aired at the Great British Museum in London on July 28, 2007, for a single showing. The film was also slated for one-day showings in Australia on October 14.On November 13, 2007, a three-disc Deluxe Edition of the film was released. It has many extras and features that the standard DVD, released a few months earlier, did not include. It includes the ten-minute short "Konoha Annual Sports Festival" that was originally shown with the Japanese release of the film, the complete soundtrack to the movie, documentaries of the American voice recording of the movie, movie art postcards, and more.
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