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    This 1917 Japanese animated film by Jun'ichi Kōuchi titled Namakura Gatana, or Hanawa Hekonai meitō no maki, tells the story of a foolish samurai and his dull sword. The 4-minute silent short follows the samurai who purchases a worn down sword that is completely useless when he tries to fight. As the samurai attempts to figure out why his old sword won't cut anything, he desperately tries to attack random townspeople. However, the townspeople are able to defend themselves and knock the samurai out. The film was a lost work until being discovered in an antique shop in Osaka in 2008.

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    This 1917 Japanese animated film by Jun'ichi Kōuchi titled Namakura Gatana, or Hanawa Hekonai meitō no maki, tells the story of a foolish samurai and his dull sword. The 4-minute silent short follows the samurai who purchases a worn down sword that is completely useless when he tries to fight. As the samurai attempts to figure out why his old sword won't cut anything, he desperately tries to attack random townspeople. However, the townspeople are able to defend themselves and knock the samurai out. The film was a lost work until being discovered in an antique shop in Osaka in 2008.

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    This 1917 Japanese animated film by Jun'ichi Kōuchi titled Namakura Gatana, or Hanawa Hekonai meitō no maki, tells the story of a foolish samurai and his dull sword. The 4-minute silent short follows the samurai who purchases a worn down sword that is completely useless when he tries to fight. As the samurai attempts to figure out why his old sword won't cut anything, he desperately tries to attack random townspeople. However, the townspeople are able to defend themselves and knock the samurai out. The film was a lost work until being discovered in an antique shop in Osaka in 2008.

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    Namakura Gatana

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    Namakura Gatana

    なまくら刀

    Anime film

    ReleasedJune 30, 1917

    Runtime4 minutes[1]

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    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 formerly lost film by Japanese animator Jun'ichi Kōuchi

    Namakura Gatana (なまくら刀) or Hanawa Hekonai meitō no maki (塙凹内名刀之巻) is a


    short Japanese animated film produced by Jun'ichi Kōuchi in 1917. It was found in an antique
    shop in Osaka in March 2008.[2][3] This film is a 4-minute silent short that tells a history about
    a samurai's foolish purchase of a dull-edged sword. It was released on June 30, 1917.

    Plot[edit]
    Namakura Gatana (translated into "dull-edged-sword") is a short comedy about a dim-witted
    samurai and his worn down sword which turns completely useless as he tries to fight even the
    weakest opponents. The samurai, trying to figure out why his old sword won't cut anyone he
    strikes, tries desperately to attack random townspeople who defend themselves and knock him
    out.

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