Watch Maple Leaf Viewing Online

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Maple Leaf Viewing

Maple Leaf Viewing Online

  • Genres: Action, Fantasy, Music
  • Release Date: 28/11/1899
  • Duration : 6 minutes
  • Director: Tsunekichi Shibata
  • Production: Osaka Nakaza, Nihon Sossen Katsudo Shashinkai
  • Country: Japan
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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)

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