Detective Umons Diary Story No 6

An important silent film survives Kumahiko Nishinas 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 postOccupation jidaigeki revival he reprised the role in Kajiro Yamamotos Muttsuri Umon torimonocho 1955 helping to launch the renewed interest in such films