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- Sep 29, 200792% CONFIDENCEfrom myanimelist.net
Sword of the Stranger Releases in Japanese Theaters
Sword of the Stranger opens in Japanese theaters, an original samurai-era action film from Bones about a nameless ronin who takes on the job of protecting a young boy from Ming assassins.
- Stranger: Mukou Hadan (Sword of the Stranger) is a 1-episode original movie by Bones, aired Sep 29, 2007[1]
- In Sengoku-period Japan, orphan Kotarou and his dog Tobimaru are hunted by assassins sent by China's Ming Dynasty; the ronin Nanashi reluctantly becomes their bodyguard, and the Ming later send a terrifying swordsman to capture Kotarou to fulfill a prophecy[1]
- Won Best Animated Feature at Brazil's International Fantastic Film Festival, was nominated at the Asia Pacific Screen Awards, won a 2009 Menzione Speciale at Italy's Future Film Festival, and was among 14 finalists for the Best Animated Feature Oscar[1]
- Scored 8.24 by 173,523 users, ranked #409 on MyAnimeList[1]
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