Shouan is a monk who serves as a mentor and guardian to Kotaro. He also provides Kotaro with the &#039;green teasure&#039; which aids him in his journey to the Mangaku Temple in Shirato.

What qualifies a man as good or evil? Is it the amount of political power one attains, the quality of his swordsmanship, or how well he serves his lord? With the fall of the second shogunate Japan has sunk into a state of disarray historians now call the Sengoku period, or the era of Warring States. Civil wars rage on throughout the many feudal holdings, where a man may raise his station in life simply by killing his superior.<br>
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Whilst wandering this war-torn countryside a nameless ronin stumbles upon a young boy by the name of Kotarou, his dog, and the many Chinese assassins dispatched to claim the boy in some strange ritual for immortality. Seeing something of his own past within the child, the nameless swordsman chooses to act as his bodyguard, but can he truly keep Kotarou from the clutches of the Ming and their bloodthirsty blonde mercenary, Luo-Lang?<br>
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(Source: Bandai Entertainment)

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Hiro Kanagawa is a Vancouver-based actor. He was born in Sapporo, Hokkaido, Japan. He is perhaps best known as Principal Kwan from 'Smallville'. His most notable anime role is Gihren Zabi from' Mobile Suit Gundam', He is currently the voice of Mister Fantastic on 'Fantastic Four: World's Greatest Heroes'. Kanagawa is also a playwright, and screenwriter.

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Naoto Takenaka is a Japanese actor, comedian, singer, and director from Yokohama. One of his most notable roles was Hideyoshi in the 1999 NHK Taiga drama of the same name.

A veteran of almost a hundred films, he has been nominated for ten Japanese Academy Awards, winning Best Supporting Actor awards for Shiko funjatta, East Meets West, and Shall we Dansu?.

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