Movie Details
Original Language:Japanese
Production Companies:Osaka Nakaza, Nihon Sossen Katsudo Shashinkai
Maple Leaf Viewing on the Web:WikiData
Cast & Crew
D
Danjuro Ichikawa
as Princess Sarashina / Momiji
K
Kikugoro Onoe V
as Taira no Koremochi
Maple Leaf Viewing
"Taira no Koremochi defeats the Kijo Momiji."Movie
Audience Score
StarringDanjuro IchikawaKikugoro Onoe V
DirectorTsunekichi Shibata
Plot
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.
