Namakura Gatana
| Anime movie | |
|---|---|
| title | Hanawa Hekonai Meitō no Maki |
| Original title | 塙 凹 内 名刀 之 巻 |
| Country of production |
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| original language | Japanese |
| Publishing year | 1917 |
| Studio | Kobayashi Shōkai |
| length | 2 minutes |
| Rod | |
| Director | Kōuchi Jun'ichi |
| script | Kōuchi Jun'ichi |
Namakura Gatana ( Japanese な ま く ら 刀 , German “the blunt sword”) or Hanawa Hekonai Meitō no Maki ( 塙 凹 内 名刀 之 巻 , German for example: “Hanawa Hekonai's famous sword”) is a short Japanese anime from 1917 produced by animator and cartoonist Kōuchi Jun'ichi .
The short silent film was rediscovered in an antique shop in the Japanese city of Osaka in March 2008 , is two minutes long and shows a samurai who cannot get along with his newly bought sword.
Individual evidence
- ↑ Two Nine-Decade-Old Anime Films Discovered (Updated). In: Anime News Network. March 27, 2008, accessed August 24, 2013 .
Web links
- Namakura Gatana in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Japanese Old Animation (1917) (Youtube video)