Name: Maple Leaf Viewing
Genre: Action, Fantasy, Music, Horror
Released: 1899-11-28
Duration: 6 min
Rating: 5.9

Action

Fantasy

Music

Horror

Maple Leaf Viewing

紅葉狩

1899

0:6

★ 5.9

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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

Princess Sarashina / Momiji

Kikugoro Onoe V

Taira no Koremochi

Crew

Tsunekichi Shibata

Director

Tsunekichi Shibata

Cinematography

Nobumitsu Kanze

Original Story

Cast

Danjuro Ichikawa

Kikugoro Onoe V

Crew

Tsunekichi Shibata

Tsunekichi Shibata

Nobumitsu Kanze

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