The reviewers Expo22 and the ignorant bluewatercolor-39303 saw nothing but negativity from this extremely kind gesture. Its people like them that make it so hard to make life so easy. And by the way bluewatercolor-39303 you greedy think only of money stupid dimwit, the sword had no monetary value attached to it at all; if you had actually had any brainpower to understand what you were watching and listening to, you would have heard that is was 1930's hand forged but not worth anything.
As a documentary it was very amatuer in its unfolding but thats to be expected when you are not in the film and television profession. It could have been put together much much better but that is not really the point at all about this human kindness feature. The only important thing to take away from this film is that one family group had the kindness, the great wish and the heart felt decency to return the stolen property (and it was stolen, make no mistake) to the family it legally belonged to!
One sword that I hope very much will be returned to Japan is one made by the greatest Japanese sword maker ever, Masamune. The sword in question is the famous 'Honjo Masamune'. It was the symbol of the Tokugawa shogunate during almost all of the Edo period (one of Japan's longest and greatest periods of prosperity). Handed down through the family it became 1 of 14 of Tokugawa's swords that were handed over to the Americans at the end of WW2! One, or more, of the officers involved with the sword gathering then stole it/them and it has never been seen again since. It would be a good thing if the family of that officer returned it but, if they sold it to a dealer maybe the dealer will own up! :)
