Maple Leaf Viewing
紅葉狩
Watch maple leaf viewing on HDtoday. 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.
- Genre: Action, Fantasy, Music, Horror
- Country: Japan
- Director: Tsunekichi Shibata
- Cast: Danjuro Ichikawa, Kikugoro Onoe V,
