Maple Leaf Viewing
1899
Taira no Koremochi defeats the Kijo Momiji.
Directed by Tsunekichi Shibata
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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.
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- Director
- Tsunekichi Shibata
- Origin country
- Japan
- Runtime
- 6m
- Language
- Japanese
- Also known as
- Maple Viewing
- TMDB
- 5.9/10 (18 votes)
- IMDb
- 5.8/10 (299 votes)
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