Released
Maple Leaf Viewing
November 28 1899 (about 125 years ago)Rating
57
Based on
15 reviews
- Director: Tsunekichi Shibata
- Genres: Action, Fantasy, Music
- Runtime: 6 m
- Country: Japan
- Companies: Osaka Nakaza, Nihon Sossen Katsudo Shashinkai
[…] 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)
