Sword of the Stranger
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.
At a glance
Countries
Japan
Ratings
TMDB users
7.6/10
458 votes
Rating consensus
76/100 blend
Sources: TMDB
Warm reception overall — weighted ~76/100 across 1 rating source. The listed meters mostly agree.
Cast
Tomoya Nagase
Nameless 'Nanashi' (voice)
Yuri Chinen
Kotaro (voice)
Koichi Yamadera
Luo-Lang (voice)
Akio Otsuka
Shogen Itadori (voice)
Unsho Ishizuka
Lord Akaike (voice)
Mamoru Miyano
Jurota (voice)
Maaya Sakamoto
Hagihime (voice)
Jun Hazumi
Zekkai (voice)
Tomoyuki Shimura
Isogai (voice)
Takurou Kitagawa
Fuchinobe (voice)
Atsushi Ii
Master Bai-Luan (voice)
Hirofumi Nojima
Feng-Wu (voice)
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Sword of the Stranger (2007)
Masahiro Ando
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