Road to Ninja: Naruto the Movie is a 2012 Japanese-language Animation Action movie written by Yuka Miyata and directed by Hayato Date and produced by Makoto Shiraishi and Naoji H Nokidani under the banner of Studio Pierrot. Road to ninja: naruto the movie stars Junko Takeuchi in the lead role along with an ensemble cast including Chie Nakamura, Toshiyuki Morikawa, Emi Shinohara, Kazue Ikura, Yasunori Matsumoto and Kazuhiko Inoue. The music was composed by Yasuharu Takanashi. Cinematography was done by Atsuho Matsumoto and editing by Seiji Morita, Yukie Oikawa and Yuichi Ono. The motion picture has a running time of 109 minutes. It was released on 16th March 2013. The movie made a box office gross of ¥1480 million. Distribution rights for the film were acquired by Toho.