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Maple Leaf Viewing (1899)
Directed by Tsunekichi Shibata
“Taira no Koremochi defeats the Kijo Momiji.”
Action, Fantasy, Music, Horror · 6m
A reel of the Noh drama Momiji-gari, in which Danjuro Ichikawa played opposite Onoe Kikugoro V as an ogress who has disguised herself as the Princess Sarashina. Filmed by Shibata Tsunekichi in the open air on a windy day in November 1899, Danjuro would allow only the one take, so that when his fan blew away in mid-performance the scene had to stay. The film re-emerged at the Kikikan theatre in 1907 where it was a great success and inspired a wave of fiction filmmaking based on traditional Japanese narratives.
Cast
Danjuro Ichikawa
Kikugoro Onoe V
Crew
- Director
- Tsunekichi Shibata
Details
- Original title
- 紅葉狩
- Release date
- 1899-11-28
- Runtime
- 6m
- Genres
- Action, Fantasy, Music, Horror
- Original language
- JA
- Spoken languages
- No Language
- Countries
- Japan
- Production
- Osaka Nakaza, Nihon Sossen Katsudo Shashinkai