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Mitsuzō Sasaki

Born March 18, 1896 · Aichi, Japan

Died February 6, 1934 · aged 37

No biography available.

Known For

Umon's Detective Story: Hakata Doll Gift

Umon's Detective Story: Hakata Doll Gift · 1955

Umon's Detective Story: Hakata Doll Gift

The Mansion of Intrigue

The Mansion of Intrigue · 1957

The Mansion of Intrigue

MovieActionComedy

A swordsman must foil a minister's sinister plan to assassinate the shogun.

Bored Hatamoto: House of Skulls

Bored Hatamoto: House of Skulls · 1954

Bored Hatamoto: House of Skulls

MovieActionHistory

Bored Hatamoto movie #15

Case of Umon: The Nanbanzame Murders

Case of Umon: The Nanbanzame Murders · 1961

Case of Umon: The Nanbanzame Murders

MovieHistoryMystery

The serial killing of a samurai each night by strangulation at various temples confounds investigators and brings a chill to the residents of Edo. With the capital on edge, master crimefighter Kondo Umon is brought in to try and solve the case. His illustrious career aside, Umon must risk his own life, time and time again in order to bring the culprit to justice. This mystery will keep you guessing until the exciting climax. Umon has a flair for the dramatic and will hopefully solve the case before more innocent victims have their lives claimed!

Gozonji Umon: Mamoru kage

Gozonji Umon: Mamoru kage · 1943

Gozonji Umon: Mamoru kage

MovieDramaMystery

A thrilling period drama featuring Kondo Umon’s detective exploits.

Bored Hatamoto: The Mysterious Phantom Mansion

Bored Hatamoto: The Mysterious Phantom Mansion · 1954

Bored Hatamoto: The Mysterious Phantom Mansion

MovieActionHistory

Bored Hatamoto film #17

Terror Stalks by Night

Terror Stalks by Night · 1955

Terror Stalks by Night

Case of Umon: Red Lizard

Case of Umon: Red Lizard · 1962

Case of Umon: Red Lizard

MovieHistoryMystery

Umon goes on an investigation to unveil the murderer known as Red Lizard.

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Umon's Detective Story: Hakata Doll Gift

Umon's Detective Story: Hakata Doll Gift · 1955

Umon's Detective Story: Hakata Doll Gift

Original Story

The Mansion of Intrigue

The Mansion of Intrigue · 1957

The Mansion of Intrigue

MovieActionComedy

A swordsman must foil a minister's sinister plan to assassinate the shogun.

Original Story

Bored Hatamoto: House of Skulls

Bored Hatamoto: House of Skulls · 1954

Bored Hatamoto: House of Skulls

MovieActionHistory

Bored Hatamoto movie #15

Original Story

Case of Umon: The Nanbanzame Murders

Case of Umon: The Nanbanzame Murders · 1961

Case of Umon: The Nanbanzame Murders

MovieHistoryMystery

The serial killing of a samurai each night by strangulation at various temples confounds investigators and brings a chill to the residents of Edo. With the capital on edge, master crimefighter Kondo Umon is brought in to try and solve the case. His illustrious career aside, Umon must risk his own life, time and time again in order to bring the culprit to justice. This mystery will keep you guessing until the exciting climax. Umon has a flair for the dramatic and will hopefully solve the case before more innocent victims have their lives claimed!

Original Story

Gozonji Umon: Mamoru kage

Gozonji Umon: Mamoru kage · 1943

Gozonji Umon: Mamoru kage

MovieDramaMystery

A thrilling period drama featuring Kondo Umon’s detective exploits.

Original Story

Bored Hatamoto: The Mysterious Phantom Mansion

Bored Hatamoto: The Mysterious Phantom Mansion · 1954

Bored Hatamoto: The Mysterious Phantom Mansion

MovieActionHistory

Bored Hatamoto film #17

Original Story

Terror Stalks by Night

Terror Stalks by Night · 1955

Terror Stalks by Night

Original Story

Case of Umon: Red Lizard

Case of Umon: Red Lizard · 1962

Case of Umon: Red Lizard

MovieHistoryMystery

Umon goes on an investigation to unveil the murderer known as Red Lizard.

Original Story

Cases of Umon: The Woman with an Umbrella

Cases of Umon: The Woman with an Umbrella · 1963

Cases of Umon: The Woman with an Umbrella

MovieCrimeMystery

Ryutaro Otomo as the Edo magistrate Umon Kondo is out to solve a crime that centers around the murder of a jail guard & the escape of a criminal who is later himself killed. His dying words in Umon's arms were, "I didn't kill the guard." The murdered criminal had been a safe-cracker & only his girlfriend knows where he hid a fortune. She is kidnapped, so the plot gets thicker & thicker.

Original Story

Bored Hatamoto: The Daimonji Conspiracy

Bored Hatamoto: The Daimonji Conspiracy · 1959

Bored Hatamoto: The Daimonji Conspiracy

Master swordsman and loyal vassal Saotome Mondonosuke goes on a mission to find a missing princess.

Original Story

Bored Hatamoto: Idle Vassal Tribute

Bored Hatamoto: Idle Vassal Tribute · 1958

Bored Hatamoto: Idle Vassal Tribute

MovieActionDrama

Master swordsman and loyal 'Hatamoto' (direct vassal to the Shogun), Saotome Mondonosuke, is sent to investigate an intrigue centering on the Date Clan. The 300th film in the long and illustrious career of Ichikawa Utaemon, one of the most popular Japanese film stars of the period; it brought out an all-star cast as well.

Original Story

Ninja Assassins

Ninja Assassins · 1960

Ninja Assassins

Saotome Mondonosuke pursues the culprit who placed a malicious curse upon Shogun Tsunekichi.

Original Story

The Mysterious House

The Mysterious House · 1954

The Mysterious House

MovieDramaMystery

Original Story

Muttsuri Umon's Detective Stories: The Demon Mask Mansion

Muttsuri Umon's Detective Stories: The Demon Mask Mansion · 1955

Muttsuri Umon's Detective Stories: The Demon Mask Mansion

1955 Japanese movie

Novel

Umon's Detective Stories: The One-Eyed Wolf

Umon's Detective Stories: The One-Eyed Wolf · 1951

Umon's Detective Stories: The One-Eyed Wolf

Novel

The Acrobats of Death

The Acrobats of Death · 1959

The Acrobats of Death

MovieHistoryAction

Saotome, a sword master and guard of the Shogunate, pursues the mystery of a deadly aerial weapon that is responsible for the multiple deaths in town.

Original Story

Case of Umon: Hell’s Windmill

Case of Umon: Hell’s Windmill · 1960

Case of Umon: Hell’s Windmill

MovieHistoryMystery

Umon’s services are called upon when innocent bystanders, Kayo and Minokichi, along with the ronin, Gontaro are mistakenly identified as suspects in several recent murder cases. To prove their innocence and uncover the truth, Umon launches his own investigation.

Original Story

The Cave of the Vampire Bats

The Cave of the Vampire Bats · 1961

The Cave of the Vampire Bats

MovieMysteryAction

A maiden is murdered by a mysterious ninja, unfortunately two young ladies witness this, good thing the bored Lord is walking by, he saved the girls but was too late to save the maiden, quickly he finds himself mixed up in a mystery of murdered maidens, an unknown ninja clan, attempted assassinations towards himself and a cursed vampire bat cave, can the bored Lord solve this puzzle before maidens lose their lives?

Original Story

The Bored Samurai

The Bored Samurai · 1983

The Bored Samurai

Saotome Mondonosuke is Hatamoto (a high-class warrior who is allowed to see the Shogun in person) who has a crescent-moon-shaped scar on his forehead with flashy clothes and a handsome face, and is proficient in all the military arts and called Bored Hatamoto. Mikijiro Hira acts as such a hero in history. Mondonosuke is secretly ordered to look into the suspicious movement in Nagoya castle by the Ometsuke, and he found out about the misconduct and sole it. This is a period movie about the hero!

Novel

Case of Umon: One-Eyed Wolf

Case of Umon: One-Eyed Wolf · 1959

Case of Umon: One-Eyed Wolf

MovieHistoryMystery

Five swordsmen are murdered and hung from a tree and the chase is on to find the killers. Two magistrates pursue the leads to solve the crime and it leads to a potential conspiracy to kill the Shogun.

Original Story

Bored Hatamoto: The Mysterious Demon Palace

Bored Hatamoto: The Mysterious Demon Palace · 1955

Bored Hatamoto: The Mysterious Demon Palace

MovieActionHistory

In Kyoto, a samurai named Boredom Otoko, Saotome Mondonosuke , appears and helps a woman being chased by a spy named Genshichi. Unfortunately, the woman is shot and killed. Later, Genshichi explains that the woman was a member of a band of thieves, and because she was let go once, the police officer, Genjuro Mazaki, was demoted to a desk job. Consumed by guilt, Boredom Otoko...

Novel

Bored Hatamoto Detective, Part 2: Poisoning of the Demon Lord

Bored Hatamoto Detective, Part 2: Poisoning of the Demon Lord · 1950

Bored Hatamoto Detective, Part 2: Poisoning of the Demon Lord

MovieHistoryAction

Bored Hatamoto movie #11

Novel

The Eve of the Chinese Festival

The Eve of the Chinese Festival · 1962

The Eve of the Chinese Festival

MovieDramaCrime

A kabuki actor is assassinated during a New Year celebration show, in front of everyone, fortunately the great detective Umon is among the audience. Along with his quirky assistant they set on the trail of revenge killing. Revenge for what? Who and where is the killer? And what does a treasure and swastika spider tattoos have to do with the case?

Novel

Umon Detective Story: Rare Change

Umon Detective Story: Rare Change · 1954

Umon Detective Story: Rare Change

Detective Umon investigates a wave of counterfeit money in Edo linked to the murder of a mint official. His search leads him to a mysterious shape-shifting woman and uncovers a massive conspiracy by corrupt officials trying to replace government funds with fake currency. Umon ultimately exposes the mastermind and solves the case.

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