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Kubo and the Two Strings (2016)

Kubo and the Two Strings
Kubo and the Two Strings
PG
Animation
Adventure
Family
Fantasy

Release Date
August 18, 2016
Director
Travis Knight
Runtime
101
Main Genre
Animation
Studio
LAIKA and Focus Features
Writers
Marc Haimes
Tagline
The quest begins

Summary

Kubo lives a quiet, normal life in a small shoreside village until a spirit from the past turns his life upside down by re-igniting an age-old vendetta. This causes all sorts of havoc as gods and monsters chase Kubo who, in order to survive, must locate a magical suit of armor once worn by his late father, a legendary Samurai warrior.

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