Imperial Japanese Dance

Name: Imperial Japanese Dance
Genre: Short
Released: 1894-11-05
Duration: 1 min
Rating: 5.1
Cast: The Sarashe Sisters

IMDb RATING

5.1/10

699

YOUR RATING

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A charming representation of the Mikado dance by three beautiful Japanese ladies in full costume. Very effective when colored. (from the Edison Catalog)A charming representation of the Mikado dance by three beautiful Japanese ladies in full costume. Very effective when colored. (from the Edison Catalog)A charming representation of the Mikado dance by three beautiful Japanese ladies in full costume. Very effective when colored. (from the Edison Catalog)

Directors
- William K.L. Dickson
- William Heise
Star
- The Sarashe Sisters

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IMDb RATING

5.1/10

699

YOUR RATING

Directors
- William K.L. Dickson
- William Heise
Star
- The Sarashe Sisters

8User reviews

See production info at IMDbPro

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Trivia
Someone would mis-translate. It's "Sarashi-mai" (i.e. Sarashi dance)., but shimai means sister in Japanese, so someone mis-heard "Sarashimai as "Sarashe shimai" and made the imaginary "Sarashe Sisters".

Connections
Featured in Edison: The Invention of the Movies (2005)

User reviews8

Featured review

1/10

Japanese dancers perform for Edison...

William Heise and W.K.L. Dickson film three female Japanese dancers. They do subtle dance moves that involve some twirling and fan waving. The ladies are dressed in formal Japanese get ups.

Not much goes on here not recommend more than any of the other ninety-plus shorts produced by Edison's studio in 1894. Basically any vaudeville or stage performer from New York was able to get a chance in front of the camera. Edison and company were in need for shorts to fill their Kinetoscope business. Heise and Dickson just set up the camera and let the performers to their thing. Later in the year they would move to filming actual scenes.