Detective Umon's Diary, Story No. 6
Release Date: 1930-05-29
Rating : 5.2/10
Duration : 66 minutes
Genres : Action, Mystery
Director : Kumahiko Nishina
Writer : Mitsuzō Sasaki, Jun Shigemasa, Sadao Yamanaka
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.
Cast
Hiroe Arashi
Kanjūrō Arashi
Keinosuke Tôyama
Monya Onoe
Komako Hara
Heikuro Imanari