Sword of the Stranger

A swordsman from a strange land is caught in a struggle between morality, righteousness, and devotion as he reluctantly agrees to take a raggedy boy and his dog to a remote, Buddhist temple.

Sword of the Stranger is a 2009 adventure animation movie directed by Masahiro Andô, starring Akio Ôtsuka, Kôichi Yamadera, Tomoya Nagase. It holds an IMDb rating of 7.7/10 from 19,899 votes and runs 1h 43m.