Sword of the Stranger
2007 • bones
- Format
- MOVIE
- Aired
- 2007
- Episodes
- 1
- Status
- Finished
- Studio
- bones · Bandai Visual · Shouchiku · Sony Music Entertainment
- Genres
- Action · Adventure
What qualifies a man as good or evil? Is it the amount of political power one attains, the quality of his swordsmanship, or how well he serves his lord? With the fall of the second shogunate Japan has sunk into a state of disarray historians now call the Sengoku period, or the era of Warring States. Civil wars rage on throughout the many feudal holdings, where a man may raise his station in life simply by killing his superior.
Whilst wandering this war-torn countryside a nameless ronin stumbles upon a young boy by the name of Kotarou, his dog, and the many Chinese assassins dispatched to claim the boy in some strange ritual for immortality. Seeing something of his own past within the child, the nameless swordsman chooses to act as his bodyguard, but can he truly keep Kotarou from the clutches of the Ming and their bloodthirsty blonde mercenary, Luo-Lang?
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Where it came from
Released in 2007, Sword of the Stranger was the feature film directorial debut of Masahiro Ando, produced by the acclaimed studio Bones. The film was conceived as a classic chanbara period drama, focusing on a ronin known as Nanashi who protects a young boy and his dog from Ming Dynasty assassins. It emerged during a period when the studio was gaining significant prestige for its high-quality animation, and the production team sought to prioritize fluid, hand-drawn action sequences over digital shortcuts.
The film is particularly noted for its intricate choreography and commitment to traditional animation techniques, which set a high bar for action cinema at the time. While it did not achieve massive commercial success upon its initial theatrical release, it was received with widespread critical acclaim for its visual storytelling and kinetic fight scenes. Over the years, it has gained a dedicated cult following and is frequently cited by critics and animation enthusiasts as a definitive example of high-stakes swordplay in modern anime.
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