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

Genre : Action, Mystery

Runtime : 1H 6M

Director : Kumahiko Nishina

Synopsis

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.

Actors

Hiroe Arashi
Hiroe Arashi
Kanjūrō Arashi
Kanjūrō Arashi
Keinosuke Tôyama
Keinosuke Tôyama
Monya Onoe
Monya Onoe
Komako Hara
Komako Hara
Heikuro Imanari
Heikuro Imanari

Crews

Kumahiko Nishina
Kumahiko Nishina
Director
Mitsuzô Sasaki
Mitsuzô Sasaki
Writer
Jun Shigemasa
Jun Shigemasa
Writer
Sadao Yamanaka
Sadao Yamanaka
Writer

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