Namakura Gatana (1917)

Namakura Gatana or Hanawa Hekonai meitō no maki is a short Japanese anime produced by Jun'ichi Kouchi in 1917. It was found in an antique shop in Osaka in central Japan in March 2008. This anime is a 2 minute silent short that tells a history about a samurai's foolish purchase of a dull-edged sword.

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