Road to Ninja: Naruto the Movie

is the ninth overall Naruto film and sixth Naruto: Shippūden film which was released on July 28, 2012 in Japanese theaters. The movie grossed 1.46 billion yen and will be released to DVD and Blu-ray in Japan on April 24, 2013.

Plot Overview
The movie starts with a flashback to the Nine-Tails' Attack on Konoha, which then flashes to eight members of Akatsuki that are meant to be dead. Which unsettles Sakura, Shikarmaru states there is no point in wondering why the dead are back alive. Naruto quickly attacks Akatsuki head on, forcing the rest of the Konoha 11 plus Sai, Kakashi and Guy to attack. The battle continues till Naruto is trapped by Kakazu, when Sai frees him, by cutting part of Kakazu arm off, causing Akatsuki to retreat. Naruto and his friends return home, where most of Naruto's peers are congratulated by their families and their family promise to write a recommendation letter so they can become Jonin. Although Sakura has a little fight with her family, as Naruto returns home, he see many families causing him to reminisce of his father and mother causing him to get loner and loner. He then asks Iruka for a letter for recommendation instead, but Iruka refuses as Naruto is only a genin. Naruto sadden by his lonely lifestyle and the fact no one seems to understand him, storms off. He meets Sakura, who had an argument with her family and also stormed out. While Sakura complains of her family, Tobi appears in front of them. He then activates limited Tsukuyomi. Naruto and Sakura are then absorbed in a flash of light, and later find themselves still in the same park they were before. They then meet their friends, but with the personalities switched and no one knows who Tobi is. They also find out that Sakura's father was the Fourth Hokage, who saved the village instead of Naruto's, and this universe's Naruto is named Memna instead. As Naruto and Sakura

Genjutsu World
The majority of the movie takes place in an alternate dimension known as the Genjutsu World, where almost the entire cast has different personalities and behaviours compared to their actual selves. Despite this, some, however, still possess personalities and habits that mimic their actual selves.

Trivia

 * This year's 17th issue of Shueisha's Weekly Shōnen Jump magazine announced that Naruto manga creator Masashi Kishimoto is personally conceiving the all-new story and designing the characters for this movie.
 * The theme song for the film will be "Well Then, See You Tomorrow", performed by Asian Kung-Fu Generation.