The film features the scene in which Taira no Koremochi [ja] defeats Momiji, a kijo who has disguised herself as Princess Sarashina.
[3] It was a windy day, however, and a gust blew away one of Danjūrō's fans, a mishap that remained in the film since retakes were not possible.
[3][5] It ran from 7 July to 1 August 1903, a long run spurred in part by the fact that Kikugorō had recently died.
[3] Danjūrō himself died in September 1903, and the film showed at the Kabuki-za after that, for one week starting on 9 February 1904.
[6] Kabuki actor Onoe Baiko VI stated on his book Ume No Shita Kaze that a test movie of the dance drama Ninjin Dojo-ji, starring himself and fellow actor Ichimura Kakitsu VI (later Ichimura Uzaemon XV), was shot months before but it probably got lost before 1912.