Maple Leaf Viewing
Maple Leaf Viewing

Maple Leaf Viewing

November 28, 1899 | 6 min

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.

Genres

Action Fantasy Music Horror

Cast

Naomi Scott

九代目 市川團十郎

Naomi Scott

Kikugoro Onoe V.

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