
Sword of the Stranger
Taste attributes: actionanimationhistoryanimalsespionagehistoricaladventurefastwholesomelightimaginarylinearglossybig & variedemotionally undemandingall consuming questrescue/escape/jeopardyunderdog triumphs
Boxlist takeA larger-than-life, wide-ranging animated film: accessible and breakneck. Best if you like the extraordinary over the everyday.
Taste details
Pace: very fast · Originality: balanced · Tone: wholesome · Weight: very light · Realism: imaginary world · Story: balanced · Structure: very linear · Look: very glossy · Scale: big and varied · Emotional punch: balancedHow we score
Quality rating
7.6 /10
TMDB · 254 votes
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What lines up
- Originality: Balanced originality, just how this profile likes it
What might not click
- Weightiness: Light / accessible, where this profile leans weighty / heavy
- Setting / scale: Big / varied, where this profile leans small / confined
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Synopsis
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.
Synopsis: TMDB
Taste Attributes
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Details
- Genre
- Action
- Year
- 2007
- Runtime
- 103 min
- Status
- Released
- Studio
- BONES
- Taste scores
- How we score
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