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Naruto: Shippuuden the Movie is the fourth film based on the Naruto manga and the first of the Naruto: Shippuuden anime series. It was announced on November 22, 2006, in that week's issue of Shonen Jump. The movie will be released in theaters on August 4, 2007. Pre-sale tickets have been available since April 21, 2007.

Details about the Movie
Issue 20 of Weekly Shonen Jump reports that Naruto Uzumaki, Sakura Haruno, Neji Hyuga, Rock Lee, and Choji Akimichi will star in the movie. Three unidentified characters will also appear: one with purple eyes named Shion, another is reminiscent of Orochimaru except with a goatee, and the third is a man with glasses dressed as an attendant. The only detail about the plot given was the vague headline that "Naruto dies."

A trailer has also been released for the movie, it begins with a brief glimpse of Shion's eyes and a dark scene with lava. Naruto is fighting against dark purple, snake-like attacks with dragon heads. He is impaled through his back for the first of two times in the trailer. Shion's face is seen in a metallic reflection as if she was looking at herself, while black ribbons wave in the background.

The second scene shows Naruto's friends mourning in a graveyard, though many details are different than the scene showed in the initial teasers. Sakura, Neji, Choji, Tsunade, Lee and others are present showing battle damage and not wearing their funeral clothing.

The following scenes show Naruto and Sakura carrying around a weak Shion in a friendly manner. Lee is seen fighting with a rock-like enemy. Three individuals with connected chakra strings are also seen. The trailer ends as Shion falls from Naruto's back and down a chasm. As she falls, she reaches for a cracked ornament that she wears. The scene suddenly changes to show Naruto impaled a second time, this time by a sword through the heart.

DJ Ozma's song Lie-Lie-Lie plays during the trailer.

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- Naruto Movie 2