Detective Umon's Diary, Story No. 6
movie
View on VideBits →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 & crew
Heikuro Imanari · Hiroe Arashi · Kanjūrō Arashi · Keinosuke Tôyama · Komako Hara · Monya Onoe · Kumahiko Nishina · Jun Shigemasa · Mitsuzō Sasaki · Sadao Yamanaka