It's about a boy that his family dies in one day and he is left alone and has to make is way working for a lord.
Taro.
list of characters: http://www.maywood.issaquah.wednet.edu/teachers/MooreC/the_samurai's_tale.htm
Murakami Harutomo's (aka Taro) father died in a battle against Chuck Norris. He took a roundhouse kick to the face.
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