Namakura Gatana

Namakura GATANA (Japaneseなまくら 刀, dt " the blunt sword " ) and Hanawa Hekonai Meito no Maki (塙 凹 内 名刀 之 巻, dt as: " Hanawa Hekonais famous sword " ) is a short Japanese Anime from 1917, which was produced by animators and cartoonists Kouchi Jun'ichi.

The short silent film was rediscovered in March 2008 in an antique store in Osaka, Japan, has a length of two minutes and shows a samurai who can not cope with his newly purchased sword.