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Detective Umon's Diary, Story No. 6

Detective Umon's Diary, Story No. 6

1930 · 66 min · ★ 5.6 · Action, Mystery

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.

Directed by Kumahiko Nishina · Written by Mitsuzō Sasaki

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