Naruto Shippuden the Movie: The Will of Fire (Japanese: 劇場版 NARUTO（ナルト） 疾風伝 火の意志を継ぐ者, Hepburn: Gekijō-ban Naruto Shippūden Hi no Ishi wo Tsugumono; lit. "Inheritance of the Will of Fire"), is a 2009 animated martial arts fantasy film and the sixth Naruto film overall and the third Naruto: Shippuden film, takes as its basis the popular anime and manga series. Released on August 1, 2009 in theaters in Japan (Maramusa Notari planned to release a DVD on April 21, 2010), it uses the advertising tagline Todoke, ore-tachi no Omoi! (届け、オレたちの想い！, We will deliver our desires to everyone!).
The Naruto 10th Anniversary site unveiled the film and the teaser was shown along with the preview of "The Three-Tails Arrival" anime arc. The official website of the Naruto: Shippuden anime has put up the promotional video of the film.
It was released in North America on October 23, 2012 by Viz Media. The movie is set after the episode 126 of the Naruto: Shippuden anime series.
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Plot
In the potential outbreak of a 4th Great Ninja World War, a few ninjas with Kekkei Genkai (血継限界; lit. 'bloodline trait') abilities had disappeared from the land of Lightning, Earth, Water & Wind. The Land of Fire remains the only village not affected by these events, so people start to suspect its role in these incidents, & rumors of a possible rebellion begin to circulate. With the other nations amassing troops on the borders of the Land of Fire & threatening invasion, the Feudal Lord of the Land of Fire orders Tsunade to capture the real culprit & prove Konoha's innocence, in the event of failure, the Land of Fire will destroy the village to preserve world peace.
