Naruto Shippūden the Movie

Naruto: Shippūden the Movie (劇場版ＮＡＲＵＴＯ−ナルト− 疾風伝), is a 2007 film directed by Hajime Kamegaki and written by Junki Takegami. It is the fourth movie in the Naruto movie series. Naruto: Shippūden the Movie came out on DVD on the 23rd April 2008

Plot summary
Demons that once almost destroyed the world have been revived by someone. To prevent the world from being destroyed, Naruto is to guard Shion, but she predicts Naruto's death. The only way to escape it is to get away from Shion, which would leave her unguarded, in which case the demons would kill her.

Naruto the Movie 4 is the fourth film in the animation installment which is based on the Naruto manga and anime series created Masashi Kishimoto. News of the upcoming movie was announced on November 22, 2006, in that week's issue of Shonen Jump.

The movie will take place during Naruto: Shippuuden Shipuuden Shippūden Hurricane Chronicles. According to teasers in issue 20 of Weekly Shonen Jump, Naruto Uzumaki, Sakura Haruno, Neji Hyuga, and Rock Lee will be the main characters. The only detail about the plot given is the vague headline that "Naruto dies".

A trailer for the movie confirms this to be a literal detail. In the trailer, Naruto is attacked and presumably killed by ten figures, all of whom glow dark purple and can fire similarly-colored energy blasts. His headband is cut off during the attack. Several Konoha-nin, the movie's main characters among them, are then seen over a gravestone, Naruto's torn headband hanging from one edge.

Production
The movie was produced by Aniplex, Bandai Co., Ltd., Dentsu Inc., Pierrot, Shueisha, and TV Tokyo.

Reception
In its opening weekend Naruto: Shippūden the Movie came in at number six. In its second week the movie dropped to number eight and stayed there in its third week.