Director: Sunghoo Park
A wandering swordsman and a waitress with nothing left to lose are pulled into the same fight in this 2024 Japanese anime short, directed by Sunghoo Park and set in a countryside scorched by a dragon's rage.
What is Monsters 103 Mercies Dragon Damnation about?
The story opens on quiet roads and burned fields. A traveling samurai, tired of violence but unable to outrun it, crosses paths with a young woman serving drinks in what remains of her hometown. Her village was leveled by a dragon whose fury nobody in the region can explain or stop, and she carries that loss the way soldiers carry old wounds — quietly, until it flares up. He wants distance from swords and blood; she wants an answer, or at least a witness. Neither gets what they want cleanly. Trouble tracks them through markets, forests, and the ruins of what used to be someone's home, and the pair keep circling back to each other because staying apart proves harder than either expects. Sunghoo Park, known for kinetic, emotionally grounded action, keeps the pacing tight across a lean runtime, trusting silence and posture as much as dialogue to carry the tension.
Cast & crew
Yoshimasa Hosoya and Kana Hanazawa lead the voice cast, with Hiroki Touchi, Mitsuaki Madono, Katsuhito Nomura, Takahiro Sumi, Masashi Nogawa, and Tsumugi Ariga rounding out a compact ensemble built around two central performances rather than a sprawling roster.
Context & significance
Produced in Japan and released in 2024, the short sits within a wider wave of animation exploring folklore-adjacent monster threats through a small, human-scaled lens rather than epic scale. Its 26-minute length keeps the focus tight on the two leads.
Where & how to watch
The title streams with a Persian dub on K-Time, built for viewers who want the Iranian diaspora experience of a fully Farsi-language watch without hunting for separate subtitle files. The page is free to browse; watching the episode itself just needs a K-Time account login, and the interface stays in Farsi throughout for a smoother viewing session.