New Documentary - Sword Drawing Ceremony

Short documentary about a Sword Drawing Ceremony at Daizenji Temple in Shinshiro (Japan) to commemorate the fallen in the Battle of Nagashino (1575). Iai by Naohiko Hayakawa. Sword and armour are original items from the Kamakura and Muromachi period. The sword (tachi) is more than 700 years old. The ceremony took place on May 23, 2009 in Shinshiro (Aichi Prefecture). Filmed and edited by Roger Walch.