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Link to watch: https://animation.filmarchives.jp/en/works/view/100183

This is a quick an interesting watch especially if you are into the history of animation. It's a completely silent short film. (That's why it is 1 on sound which isn't really a fair score since it was the limit of the technology of the time, but i clicked it and can't take it back bc idk how) The animation is really strange and the character designs are ummm unique? The way their eyes move is kind of unsettling in my opinion, but I mean what do you expect from the literal oldest existing anime?

Spoilers I guess?: It begins with a ... samurai purchasing a dull sword from a swordsmith. Then shown through text on screen he decides he wants to try it out. So he approaches a blind man to pick a fight and gets his ass handed to him (rightfully so). The last scene is done in a shadow puppet-like style and features the samurai approaching another person (apparently the person is a courier) and trying to start another fight and losing. The courier walks over him and the samurai calls him a murderer (like ok sir not as if you were the one out here looking to slice and dice somebody).

And that's it. Not really much to say, not sure what the point of the story is, I guess there's a lesson here. Like "don't buy a sword for only 4 coins, cheapskate, it's dull and you will lose" or oh I don't know maybe "don't attack a person unprovoked, nutjob". I don't really care for the samurai character, he's ugly and rude lol.

But anyway this is the first time I've ever reviewed something but I had to add something here because there is not enough info on here for this piece of history. So I hope it maybe was helpful to someone out there and definitely give it a watch if you're bored and want something interesting to check out for 5 minutes.