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Namakura Gatana (1917)

1917 · Animation · 4 min

  • Animation

Synopsis

Jun'ichi Kouchi's two-minute comedy of a samurai with a blunt sword, among the oldest surviving Japanese animated films, long lost and restored by the National Film Archive of Japan.

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Details

Running time
4 minutes
Language
Japanese
Internet Archive item
namakura-gatana-1917

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