Brazil's 'last Samurai' is hoping to keep the Japanese tradition of forging katana swords alive
CURITIBA, Brazil - From the outside, the modest home of 61-year-old Edson Suemitsu looks little different from others in this middle-class neighborhood of Curitiba, a sleepy city in southern Brazil.
Suemitsu is by no means the last person to make a living producing katanas, a type of curved sword used by samurai in feudal and ancient Japan. Yet, as a life-long resident of Brazil, a country better known for beaches and soccer, he may be the most improbable. Eventually, his work gained widespread acceptance. Suemitsu has made around 1,000 swords over 42 years, ranging in price from 6,000 reais to about 20,000 reais. He said his clients come from as far away as Egypt.
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