The runes are a big give away I think . Also the axe fetish . Fierce martial discipline and the beards fit this too . The heavy armour , the metal smithing , mining etc don ' t of course but I ' m not sure where they fit . <| sep |>### Kubo and the Two Strings 2016 andtheTwoStrings % 282016 % 29 Adventure , Animation , Family , Fantasy Aaron Aoki , Ralph Fiennes , Matthew McConaughey , Cary Yoshio Mizobe Director Travis KnightIMDb rating # movieguidestars # 9733 # 9733 # 9733 # 9733 # 9733 # 9733 # 9733 # 9733 # 9733 # 9734 8 . 510 54 votes Kubo lives a quiet , normal life in a small shoreside village until a spirit from the past turns his life upside down by reigniting an ageold 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 . IMDbCritical reception On review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes , the film has an approval rating of 97 %, based on 160 reviews , with an average rating of 8 . 410 . The site ' s critical consensus reads , Kubo and the Two Strings matches its incredible animation with an absorbingand bravely melancholystory that has something to offer audiences of all ages . On Metacritic , the film has a score of 84 out of 100 , based on 37 critics , indicating universal acclaim . Audiences polled by CinemaScore gave the film an average grade of A on an A to F scale . WikipediaMore info at andtheTwoStrings % 282016 % 29 , Kubo % 20 and % 20 the % 20 Two % 20 Strings , Rotten Tomatoes , andthetwostrings , . I am a bot . Send me feedback % 2 Fr % 2 FMovieGuidesubjectRe % 3 A % 20 Confidence 1 . 00 . Data sources and other i n f ormationrMovieGuidewabout .