Highest-ranked title
Highest-ranked title
Masahiko Murata has 5 titles in the CriticCrunch catalog across a career spanning the 2000s through the 2010s. 2 rank in the Top 10%, led by Naruto Shippuden the Movie: The Will of Fire.
Tarzan
2013
Animation · Action
Naruto Shippuden the Movie: Blood Prison
2011 · Movie · Director
Top 7%Netflix · Included
Naruto Shippuden the Movie: The Will of Fire
2009 · Movie · Director
Top 7%Netflix · Included
Naruto Shippuden the Movie: The Lost Tower
2010 · Movie · Director
Top 17%Netflix · Included
Ghost in the Shell: Arise - Border 1: Ghost Pain
2013 · Movie · Director
Top 18%Crunchyroll · Included
After his capture for attempted assassination of the Raikage, leader of Kumogakure, as well as killing Jōnin from Kirigakure and Iwagakure, Naruto is imprisoned in Hōzukijou: A criminal containment facility known as the Blood Prison. Mui, the castle master, uses the ultimate imprisonment technique to steal power from the prisoners, which is when Naruto notices his life has been targeted. Thus begins the battle to uncover the truth behind the mysterious murders and prove Naruto's innocence.
Dir. Masahiko Murata · With Junko Takeuchi, Mie Sonozaki, Masaki Terasoma
Ninjas with bloodline limits begin disappearing in all the countries and blame points toward the fire nation. By Tsunade's order, Kakashi is sacrificed to prevent an all out war. After inheriting charms left by Kakashi, Naruto fights through friends and foes to prevent his death while changing the minds of those who've inherited the will of fire.
Dir. Masahiko Murata · With Junko Takeuchi, Chie Nakamura, Kazuhiko Inoue
Assigned on a mission to capture Mukade, a missing-nin, Naruto Uzumaki sets out for the once glorious historic ruins of "Ouran", where he pursues and corners the rouge ninja. Mukade's goal is revealed to be a dormant leyline within the ruins; he unleashes the power of the leyline, causing a light to envelop Naruto, sending him into the past, 20 years before the series began. When Naruto awakens, he comes into contact with the Fourth Hokage, Minato Namikaze.
Dir. Masahiko Murata · With Junko Takeuchi, Kazuhiko Inoue, Toshiyuki Morikawa
The story is set in 2027, one year after the end of the fourth non-nuclear war. New Port City is still reeling from the war's aftermath when it suffers a bombing caused by a self-propelled mine. Then, a military member implicated in arms-dealing bribes is gunned down. During the investigation, Public Security Section's Daisuke Aramaki encounters Motoko Kusanagi, the cyborg, wizard-level hacker assigned to the military's 501st Secret Unit. Batou, a man with the "eye that does not sleep," suspects that Kusanagi is the one behind the bombing. The Niihama Prefectural Police detective Togusa is pursuing his own dual cases of the shooting death and a prostitute's murder. Motoko herself is being watched by the 501st Secret Unit's head Kurutsu and cyborg agents.
Dir. Masahiko Murata, Kazuchika Kise · With Maaya Sakamoto, Ikkyu Juku, Kenichirou Matsuda
Director
Naruto and his friends must get back a jug of stolen holy water from a band of higher class ninjas.
Dir. Masahiko Murata, Hayato Date · With Junko Takeuchi, Kazuhiko Inoue, Chie Nakamura
