With breathtaking animation that keeps you at the edge of your seat, this classic tale from studio bones is a hidden gem of its time'. '.strtoupper('s')et in feudal era japan, a young boy named kotaro and his faithful dog tobimaru are caught in the turmoil of a grim prophecy'. '.strtoupper('a')t the request of the ming dynasty's aging emperor, the boy is pursued by a band of formidable chinese assassins'. '.strtoupper('a')fter escaping the destruction of the temple that took him in, he runs into a mysterious stranger who gets pulled into the chase'. '.strtoupper('w')hen kotaro's dog is poisoned, the nameless stranger reluctantly accepts payment to escort them to a temple in shirato'. '.strtoupper('t')he unlikely companions form a bond over saving tobimaru's life, but unrest is brewing all around them'. '.strtoupper('t')he chinese assassins clash with the local lord as they build a religious tower, and a blond haired, bloodthirsty swordsman among them seeks a worthy opponent'. '.strtoupper('c')haos erupts when the assassins find kotaro, and the stranger must face his past before a horrible fate is met again'. '.strtoupper('c')ontains the film on blu ray with both the english dub and the original japanese track with english subtitles.