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Maple Leaf Viewing

Nov 28, 1899

0h 6m

★ 5.8

Taira no Koremochi defeats the kijo Momiji.

Overview

[…] 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)

Genres

Action

Fantasy

Music

Production Companies

Osaka Nakaza

Nihon Sossen Katsudo Shashinkai

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Cast

Princess Sarashina / Momiji

Danjuro Ichikawa

Taira no Koremochi

Kikugoro Onoe V

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Untitled Silent Horror Fantasy Short

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6.1

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1.2

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6.4

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0.0

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6.2

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6.1

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6.0

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6.2

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0.0

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5.6

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6.7

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7.9

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8.0

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7.9

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7.7

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7.3

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Maple Leaf Viewing

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