Maple Leaf Viewing

IMDb 5.8 1899 • 6 min • ActionFantasyMusicHorror

Director

Tsunekichi Shibata

Country

JP

Plot Summary

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.

Top Cast

Danjuro Ichikawa
Danjuro Ichikawa Princess Sarashina / Momiji
Kikugoro Onoe V
Kikugoro Onoe V Taira no Koremochi