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"Taira no Koremochi defeats the Kijo Momiji."
1899 • 0h 6m • ★ 5.8 (16 votes) Released
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
Rating
5.8
Runtime
6 min
Production
Osaka Nakaza
Nihon Sossen Katsudo Shashinkai
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