Detective Umon's Diary, Story No. 6 (5.6)

Movie · 1930 · 1 h 06 min · Action, Mystery

An important silent film survives, Kumahiko Nishina's Umon torimonocho rokuban tegara jinenji kidan (The Samurai Detective, aka The Detective Records of Umon, aka Detective Umon Diary: Exploit Number Six, 1930). Umon on his shining white horse stops a conspiracy against the Shogun. Umon was played by Kanjuro Arashi in this early film, & long after in the post-Occupation jidaigeki revival he reprised the role in Kajiro Yamamoto's Muttsuri Umon torimonocho (1955), helping to launch the renewed interest in such films.

Directed by: 仁科熊彦

Starring Hiroe Arashi, 嵐寛寿郎, Keinosuke Tôyama, Monya Onoe, 原駒子, 今成平九郎

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