Maple Leaf Viewing (movie)

Maple Leaf Viewing (movie)

紅葉狩
  • User score: 5.9
  • Production country: Japan
  • Producer: Tsunekichi Shibata
  • Production companies: Osaka Nakaza
  • Genre: Drama, Horror
  • Release date: 11/28/1899
  • Run time: 6 min.

Movie description

[…] 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)

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Danjuro Ichikawa

Danjuro Ichikawa

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Kikugoro Onoe V.

Kikugoro Onoe V.

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