Japan Synopsis
ストレンヂア -無皇刃譚-
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.
Audience Engagement
363 audience reviews — more than 91% of Japan films in our index.
Popularity sits at the 84th percentile among Japan films.
Titles With Overlapping Themes
Films and series that share thematic tags with Sword of the Stranger. Number on each card indicates how many keywords overlap.
Other Titles From BONES
Action + Animation in Japan
1178 Japan titles in our catalog blend the Action and Animation genres. Below: the top-rated of them (excluding Sword of the Stranger itself).
The 2006–2008 Japan Window
Sword of the Stranger holds position #85 of 372 Japan films in the 2006–2008 window, below highlighted by audience rating.
The 2000s Japan Landscape
Catalog density by release year across the 2000s in Japan, 1020 titles in total. Highlighted year (yellow) is when Sword of the Stranger premiered alongside 112 others.
Position in Catalog
Released alongside 112 other Japan films in 2007.
The 1993rd Japan title from Japan we index (earliest catalogued entry: 1899).
Our Japan catalog contains 4,579 titles in total (2,908 films).
Thematic Fingerprint
Tags on Sword of the Stranger, grouped by how common each theme is across the full Asian catalog. Rare tags are more distinctive signals.
- human animal relationship · 5
- feudal japan · 26
- dog · 23
- swordplay · 16
- sengoku period · 14
- espionage · 12
- swordsman · 11
- anime · 711
- samurai · 128
Reception Benchmarks
Ranked #1,038 of 4,579 Japan films indexed here (77th percentile by TMDB audience score).
Rating is +0.7 points above the Japan average of 6.9/10.
Among Japan Action productions specifically: #465 of 1,714 (top 27%).
Production Details
| Primary Country | Japan |
|---|---|
| Original Language | Japanese |
| Spoken Languages | Mandarin, Japanese |
| Production Companies | BONES |
| Runtime | 1h 43m |
| Release Date | September 29, 2007 |
| IMDb | tt1121794 |