Maple Leaf Viewing (1899)

[…] 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 Nov. 28, 1899 6 min None+

Genres: Action, Fantasy, Horror, Music, Short

Keywords: mdblist.two-actors, tmdb.silent-film, imdb.kabuki, mdblist.imdb-short, tmdb.kabuki

Production Companies: Osaka Nakaza, Nihon Sossen Katsudo Shashinkai

Country: Japan
Languages: Japanese, No Language