Detective Umon's Diary, Story No. 6
Movie| Title | 右門捕物帖・六番手柄 仁念寺奇談 |
| User score | 5.2 |
| Release date | May 29, 1930 |
| Genre | Action, Mystery |
| Director | Kumahiko Nishina |
| Production country | Japan |
| Production companies | Tôa Kinema |
| Run time | 66 min. |
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.
