Detective Umon's Diary, Story No. 6

Detective Umon's Diary, Story No. 6 (1930)

右門捕物帖・六番手柄　仁念寺奇談

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.

Date of release
1930-05-29
TMDB
5.6 / 10 (5)
Runtime
1h 6m
Genres
Action, Mystery
Director
Kumahiko Nishina

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