Detective Umon's Diary, Story No. 6
右門捕物帖・六番手柄 仁念寺奇談
Watch detective umon's diary, story no. 6 soap2day. 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.
- Genre: Action, Mystery
- Country: Japan
- Director: Kumahiko Nishina
- Cast: Hiroe Arashi, Kanjūrō Arashi, Keinosuke Tôyama, Monya Onoe, Komako Hara, Heikuro Imanari,
