Sword of the Stranger (2007)

Pursued by formidable Chinese assassins, young Kotaro and his dog run into No Name, a mysterious stranger who gets pulled into the chase. The unlikely companions form a bond over saving the dog from a poison attack, but chaos erupts when the assassins find Kotaro, and No Name must face his past before a horrible fate is met again.

Action Animation History samurai swordplay espionage human animal relationship swordsman dog sengoku period feudal japan anime adventure

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Classical in form, earnest, grave and resolved.

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Cast

Tomoya NagaseNameless 'Nanashi' (voice)
Yuri ChinenKotaro (voice)
Koichi YamaderaLuo-Lang (voice)
Akio OtsukaShogen Itadori (voice)
Unsho IshizukaLord Akaike (voice)
Mamoru MiyanoJurota (voice)
Maaya SakamotoHagihime (voice)
Jun HazumiZekkai (voice)
Tomoyuki ShimuraIsogai (voice)
Takurou KitagawaFuchinobe (voice)

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Masahiro AndoDirector
Fumihiko TakayamaScreenplay
Yohei MiyaharaDirector of Photography
Naoki SatoOriginal Music Composer
Masahiko MinamiProducer

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