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Boruto: Naruto the Movie

Boruto: Naruto the Movie
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Directed by Hiroyuki Yamashita
Screenplay by Masashi Kishimoto
Ukyō Kodachi
Story by Masashi Kishimoto
Based on Naruto
by Masashi Kishimoto
Starring
Music by Yasuharu Takanashi
Production
company
Distributed by Toho
Release date
  • August 7, 2015 (2015-08-07)
February 19, 2017 (English Premiere)
March 28 , 2017 (English DVD Release)
Running time
96 minutes
Country Japan
Language Japanese
Box office US$40.4 million

Boruto: Naruto the Movie is a 2015 Japanese animated action adventure film the directorial debut of Hiroyuki Yamashita. It is the eleventh Naruto film based on the manga of the same name by Masashi Kishimoto and is part of the larger Start of a New Era Project (新時代開幕プロジェクト Shinjidai Kaimaku Purojekuto?) to commemorate the series' 15th anniversary.

The film, first teased in the post-credits scene of the previous film, The Last: Naruto the Movie, tells stories about the children of the original series' main characters. As with the previous film and Road to Ninja: Naruto the Movie, Kishimoto was once again involved in the project as script writer and character designer. The movie is set after the events of the Naruto manga series.

The film was released on August 7, 2015, to commercial success, and became the highest-grossing film in the series. Its DVD and Blu-ray was published on July 6, 2016 by Aniplex, with an additional of short film animation in the day where Naruto became a Hokage.

The film opens with a battle between Sasuke Uchiha and an unknown adversary. Many years after the events of the main series, Naruto Uzumaki is the Seventh Hokage of Konohagakure; he is married to Hinata Hyuga, and they have two children, Boruto and Himawari Uzumaki. Boruto is in an elite team under Konohamaru Sarutobi, with Sasuke and Sakura Haruno's daughter Sarada Uchiha; and a mysterious boy named Mitsuki, as his teammates.


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