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Stranger Mukou Hadan (2017)
Produced by : Masahiko Minami
Screenplay by : Fumihiko Takayama
Story by : Bones
Starring : Tomoya Nagase, Yuri Chinen, Naoto Takenaka, Kōichi Yamadera, Unshō Ishizuka, Mamoru Miyano, Maaya Sakamoto, Akio Ōtsuka
Music by : Naoki Satō
Cinematography : Yohei Miyahara
Edited by : Hiroaki Itabe
Production company : Bones
Distributed by : Shochiku
Release date : September 29, 2007
Running time : 102 minutes
Country : Japan
Language : Japanese, Mandarin
Plot :
During the Sengoku-era
in Japan, a young boy named Kotaro flees from mysterious pursuers with
his dog, Tobimaru. The monk who had been watching over Kotaro, Shouan,
tells him to seek help from Master Zekkai at the Mangaku temple in
Akaike Province. Meanwhile, a group of Ming foreigners under the command
of the elderly Lord Bai-Luan are escorted through Akaike by local
liaisons. They are ambushed by bandits, but the bandits are slaughtered
by the Ming's expert swordsman, Luo-Lang.
Kotaro and Tobimaru make their way across the land, briefly hiding
out in a rundown temple where they meet Nanashi, a wandering swordsman.
As Kotaro cooks a meal, smoke from his fire alerts his pursuers, who
turn out to be the Ming foreigners accompanied by Akaike soldiers.
Nanashi unintentionally gets involved in the fight and is able to kill
the men, but Tobimaru is struck by a venomous dagger. Before Nanashi
decides to leave, Kotaro offers to hire him as a bodyguard in order to
save Tobimaru's life and take them to their destination safely.
The trio is able to find an apothecary who is able to help Tobimaru
recover over a few days. While shopping in town, Nanashi encounters the
other Ming warriors and Luo-Lang begins to pick a fight with him for
fun, but is interrupted by news of his comrades' deaths. Upon
investigation, the Ming begin to suspect the Akaike soldiers are
responsible because one of the corpses was staged to appear as Tu-Si,
one of the Ming warriors who previously went missing.
The Lord Akaike, who is hosting the Ming, is helping them build a
large altar in exchange for large amounts of gold. It is revealed that
he kidnapped the missing Ming in order to discover their true purpose
for being in Japan. Under torture Tu-Si reveals that they are on a
mission for the Emperor of China to find a prophesied child, Kotaro,
whose blood can be drained at a certain time once a year in order to
create an elixir of immortality known as the Xian Medicine. Lord Akaike
changes his plans to capture the child first and hold him for a high
ransom.
Nanashi successfully reaches the temple with Kotaro and leaves him in
the care of the monks. However, it is revealed that they have already
betrayed Kotaro to the Ming in order to save their own lives. A fight
ensues when the Akaike also arrive to take the boy. With Lord Akaike's
treachery uncovered, the Ming take him prisoner and fortify themselves
at the altar to await the prophesied time. Realizing that something went
wrong, Nanashi goes back and frees Tobimaru, they track Kotaro and his
captors. The sole remaining commander of the Akaike, Itadori, is given
command of their forces by the princess and charged with rescuing the
captured Lord. However, when they arrive at the fortress, Itadori seeing
Lord Akaike in a compromising position, kills him and uses the
opportunity to fulfill his own ambitions. The troops, now under his
command, begin an assault and storm the fortress.
During the ensuing battle many of the Ming and Akaike soldiers are
killed. Nanashi finally arrives to save Kotaro and successfully
interrupts the ritual before it can be completed. Lord Bai-Luan orders
the remaining Ming to capture the boy so that they may try the ritual
again the next year. Nanashi kills two of the Ming fighters without his
sword and wins the admiration of Luo-Lang, who has been searching for a
worthy opponent. Luo-Lang cuts down his own benefactor, Bai-Luan, in
order to save Nanashi from being shot. With the other Ming and Akaike
forces entirely wiped out, Luo-Lang and Nanashi have a final duel. After
sustaining many injuries Nanashi wins and Luo-Lang dies with shock and
peace.
Nanashi, Kotaro, and Tobimaru ride away on a horse to a town to treat
Nanashi's injuries. They talk about gathering enough money to go
overseas and start a new life. As the movie ends the camera pans down on
the tracks they leave in the snow and drops of fresh blood.
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