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Namakura Gatana (movie)

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Alternative title:
An Obtuse Sword 
Blunt Sword
Hanawa Hekonai Meitō no Maki (Japanese)
The Dull Sword
The Fine Sword 
なまくら刀 (Japanese)
塙凹内名刀之巻 (Japanese)
Genres: comedy
Themes: historical, samurai
Objectionable content: None
Plot Summary: A samurai purchases a new sword only to find it is already dull. When he returns to the dull looking merchant to complain, something quite unexpected happens.
User Ratings: 19 ratings have been given [details]
 Masterpiece: -
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 Very good: 1 vote (sub:1)
 Good: 6 votes (?:3, raw:2, sub:1)
 Decent: 8 votes (sub:7, ?:1)
 So-so: 3 votes (sub:2, raw:1)
 Not really good: 1 vote (sub:1)
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Seen in part or in whole by 36 users, rank: #6785 (of 9212)
Median rating: Decent
Arithmetic mean: 6.158 (Decent), std. dev.: 0.9326, rank: #6457 (of 9304)
Weighted mean: 6.082 (Decent), rank: #6604 (of 9304) (seen all: 6.02 / seen some: 7.00)
Bayesian estimate: 6.676 (Good−), rank: #4409 (of 6986)
Running time: 2 minutes 
Vintage: 1917
Premiere date:
1917-06-30 (Japan)
Trivia: We have 3
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Japanese staff
Japanese cast
Director: Junichi Kouchi
Producer: Kisaburo Kobayashi

Animation: Junichi Kouchi
(none)
Japanese companies
Distributor: National Film Archive of Japan (Online streaming)
English staff
English companies
(none)
Distributor: National Film Archive of Japan (Online streaming)
Subtitle Translation: Dean Shimauchi (Online streaming)
English cast
(none)

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