
Maple Leaf Viewing
Maple Leaf Viewing
An Action and Fantasy film released in 1899, Maple Leaf Viewing runs 6m and comes from Japan. Soap2Day lists it with Tsunekichi Shibata directing and Danjuro Ichikawa and Kikugoro Onoe V in the cast. It holds 5.9/10 from 18 votes. 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













