Maple Leaf Viewing
Maple Leaf Viewing

Storyline

[…] A reel was shot of the Noh drama Momiji-gari (Maple Leaf Hunters, or Viewing Scarlet Maple Leaves), in which Danjuro played opposite Onoe Kikugoro V (1844-1903) 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. (cont. http://victorian-cinema.net/danjuro)
    Released
    11/28/1899
    Runtime
    6min
    Director
    Genre
    Status
    Released
    Language
    Japanese
    Production
    Osaka Nakaza, Nihon Sossen Katsudo Shashinkai
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