Naruto the Movie: Legend of the Stone of Gelel (大激突!幻の地底遺跡だってばよ Daigekitotsu! Maboroshi no Chiteiiseki Dattebayo?, lit. Great Clash! The Illusionary Ruins at the Depths of the Earth) is a 2005
Japanese animated action/
adventure film directed by
Hirotsugu Kawasaki and co-written by Kawasaki and
Yuka Miyata. It is the second film based on the popular
Naruto anime and
manga series by
Masashi Kishimoto. It was released in theaters in Japan on August 6, 2005. Unlike its predecessor,
Ninja Clash in the Land of Snow,
Legend of the Stone of Gelel
did not see a theatrical release in the United States, and was released
as a direct-to-video instead. It aired on Cartoon Network on July 26,
2008 and was then released to DVD July 29, 2008. The movie takes place
after episode 160. The theme song for the film was "Ding! Dong! Dang!"
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Plot
The movie opens with a battle taking place at night on a desolate
seaside beach between Sand Ninja and mysterious warriors wearing bulky
suits of armor. Despite their best efforts, the Sand Ninja are slowly
overwhelmed by the sheer strength of their mysterious opponents. The
timely arrival of reinforcements led by
Kankuro and
Gaara turns the tide, with Kankuro slicing apart a suit of armor with his puppet, and
Gaara dispatching a large number of enemies en masse with his signature
Desert Imperial Funeral. However when Gaara orders the Sand Ninja to shine a flare at the retreating enemies, a large warship appears. The movie stars
Naruto Uzumaki,
Shikamaru Nara, and
Sakura Haruno
as they deliver a lost pet ferret (that Naruto unwittingly confuses for
a cat, as he had never seen a ferret before) to its village. However, a
mysterious knight called Temujin intercepts them and they fight,
causing both Temujin and Naruto to be knocked off a cliff by the massive
power caused by Naruto's Rasengan and Temujin's Rising Thunder. As
Shikamaru and Sakura realize what has happened to Naruto, a giant ship
appears.
Naruto wakes up to find himself bandaged and traveling in a caravan
led by Kahiko and Emina. He also finds Temujin asleep beside him. When
Temujin awakens, Nerugui (the lost pet ferret which was owned by Kahiko)
seems to be attracted to him. The caravan is part of a moving country.
Meanwhile, Sakura and Shikamaru split up to search for Naruto.
Shikamaru spies on the fortress and finds a lab with children in
capsules. Two women with similar armor to what Temujin was wearing are
talking about the Gelel Stone. After watching the process, Shikamaru
realizes that the soldiers are being created by placing the souls of
children in different bodies.
The movie revolves mostly around a special mineral called the Gelel
Stone, which has a strong and mysterious power. There was once a clan
that could control the stone's powers (the traveling caravan and Temujin
are part of this clan), but they were destroyed because of fights for
the stone.
Temujin is working for his Lord, Master Haido, who has his group
searching for the Stones of Gelel, so that he can create a 'utopia', a
world free from war and strife. But he also tells his group that
sacrifices are for the greater good.
When Naruto meets Haido, he at first believes him. Naruto accompanies
Temujin, Ranke, and Fugai to the area where the fight between the Sand
Ninjas and Haido's forces took place. During the fight, Kamina duels
with Kankuro while Ranke fights Gaara. When Ranke is killed by Gaara,
Kamina escapes. The caravan that Naruto was saved by has been attacked
as Fugai threatens Kahiko for the location of the Stones of Gelel.
Shikamaru and Sakura end up repelling her.
Temujin learns that Kahiko knows where the Stones of Gelel are. When
he tries to capture Kahiko, he is subdued by Shikamaru's Shadow
Possession Jutsu as Naruto catches up. Shikamaru interrogates Temujin
about Haido's plot. After Shikamaru manages to get some answers, Temujin
uses a smokescreen and kidnaps Kahiko and one of the children from the
caravan. Temujin forces Kahiko to lead him to a cave where the stones
are sealed away. Naruto follows him to try to stop him with Nerugui
leading the way. Temujin sends the kid he abducted on his way as he has
Kahiko lead him into the cave. But Haido, Fugai, and Kamina also follow
him to the cave. This leads to a confrontation between Haido and
Naruto's group as Naruto finally realizes Haido's evil intentions. He is
disgusted that Haido and his followers are willing to sacrifice their
friends and other innocents for their cause. He angrily yells that
dreams that sacrifice friends are nothing but garbage, surprising
Temujin. Kahiko triggers a mechanism that takes himself and Temujin to
the chamber below, where the entrance to the mines of Gelel are, with
the intent to destroy them. Haido angrily follows with several armed
soldiers after smacking Naruto aside. Kamina challenges Shikamaru, and
Sakura challenges Fugai before the latter can follow Haido with the
ship. Naruto follows after Kahiko, Temujin, and Haido.
Once there, Haido reveals that he has a piece of Gelel Stone which he
uses to attack Kahiko. Eventually Temujin, surprised by Haido's cruel
words and behavior, defends Kahiko, which angers Haido. Eventually
Naruto shows up and saves Kahiko. Temujin is finally so appalled by
Haido's willingness to kill Naruto and Kahiko and call it a "noble
sacrifice" that he refuses to kill them when Haido orders him to. He
realizes that the shadowy figure he had seen in the ruins of his house
after his parents' death was Haido. Haido then admits that he was the
one that killed Temujin's family and then used their son like a pawn for
all those years. He then attacks Temujin and destroys his piece of
Gelel Stone by shoving his hand into his body, tossing him aside and
leaving him lying on the ground, weak and horrified by what he has done.
At this point Naruto intervenes and attempts to defeat Haido. Naruto
manages to hit Haido with his Rasengan,which blasts him into the
ceiling. But the ceiling starts to leak chakra from the Mines of Gelel
and heal Haido's wounds. Haido then shoots a blast of chakra at Naruto
and Temujin which is blocked by some soldiers who were Temujin's old
friends. Naruto then creates a rasengan in one hand, and Temujin makes
one in the other, which combined kill Haido. Haido crashes into the key
to the mines of Gelel which causes a chain reaction which begins to
destroy the surrounding area. Kahiko says the only way to stop the
destruction is to summon a space-time rift to destroy the mines of Gelel
and the summoner. Temujin offers to do it and begins to walk towards a
summoning spot, ignoring Naruto's words. When the space time rift is
summoned, Naruto attempts to pull Temujin out and saves him. Naruto was
thinking about what happened to Sasuke and did not want history to
repeat itself.
Later, Temujin leaves with the other children stating that he will
end all war. Kahiko is sad that Nerugui is going with Temujin. The
credits show Naruto and Temujin seeing each other one last time as
Temujin's ship leaves and make fists of victory.
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