Maple Leaf Viewing

Maple Leaf Viewing

紅葉狩

Release date : 1899-11-28

Production country :

Japan

Production company :

Osaka Nakaza,

Nihon Sossen Katsudo Shashinkai

Status : Released

Durasi : 6 Min.

Popularity : 1.733

5.7

Total Vote : 15

[…] 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)