Namakura Gatana

Namakura Gatana
なまくら刀
Anime film
Runtime 2 minutes
Toy filmstrip of Namakura Gatana (なまくら刀), originally Hanawa Hekonai meitō no maki (塙凹内名刀之巻, 1917), a lost film by Japanese animator Jun'ichi Kouchi.

Namakura Gatana (なまくら刀) or Hanawa Hekonai meitō no maki (塙凹内名刀之巻) 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.[1] This anime is a 2-minute silent short that tells a history about a samurai's foolish purchase of a dull-edged sword.

References

  1. ↑ "Two Nine-Decade-Old Anime Films Discovered (Updated)". Anime News Network.

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