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.

Danjuro Ichikawa

Princess Sarashina / Momiji

Kikugoro Onoe V

Taira no Koremochi

• Tsunekichi ShibataDirector

1899 - 紅葉狩り Momijigari - Shibata Tsunekichi (Nihon Sossen Katsudo Shashinkai)

Release date

November 28, 1899

Status

Released

Original language

Japanese

Runtime

6m

Genres

Action, Fantasy, Music, Horror

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