Sword of the Stranger (2007)

Overview · Where to watch · Cast & crew · Reviews

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.

• Released: 2007-09-29
• Genres: Action, Animation, History
• Runtime: 1h 43m
• Status: Released
• TMDB rating: 7.6/10 from 489 votes

Directed by Masahiro Ando.

Top cast

• Tomoya Nagase as Nameless 'Nanashi' (voice)
• Yuri Chinen as Kotaro (voice)
• Koichi Yamadera as Luo-Lang (voice)
• Akio Otsuka as Shogen Itadori (voice)
• Unsho Ishizuka as Lord Akaike (voice)
• Mamoru Miyano as Jurota (voice)
• Maaya Sakamoto as Hagihime (voice)
• Jun Hazumi as Zekkai (voice)
• Tomoyuki Shimura as Isogai (voice)
• Takurou Kitagawa as Fuchinobe (voice)

Full cast & crew

Where to watch Sword of the Stranger

• United States: stream on Crunchyroll, Crunchyroll Amazon Channel
• Canada: stream on Crunchyroll Amazon Channel
• Australia: rent on Fetch TV; buy on Fetch TV

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