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“Taira no Koremochi defeats the Kijo Momiji.”
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.
Director: Tsunekichi Shibata
Cast
Danjuro Ichikawa
Princess Sarashina / Momiji
Kikugoro Onoe V
Taira no Koremochi
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Details
- Type
- Movie
- Status
- Released
- Release
- Nov 28, 1899
- Runtime
- 6m
- Genres
- Action, Fantasy, Music, Horror
- Studios
- Osaka Nakaza, Nihon Sossen Katsudo Shashinkai
- Director
- Tsunekichi Shibata