Maple Leaf Viewing
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“Taira no Koremochi defeats the Kijo Momiji.”
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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Tsunekichi Shibata Director · Nobumitsu Kanze Story
First release November 28, 1899 · Produced in Japan · Production Nihon Sossen Katsudo Shashinkai
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Osaka Nakaza
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Nihon Sossen Katsudo Shashinkai
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Original title
紅葉狩
Original language
Japanese
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No dialogue
Release dates
Japan · November 28, 1899
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