Detective Umon's Diary, Story No. 6 1930
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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.
- Released: 1930-05-29
- Runtime: 66 minutes
- Genre: Action, Mystery
- Stars: Hiroe Arashi, Kanjūrō Arashi, Keinosuke Tôyama, Monya Onoe, Komako Hara
- Director: Kumahiko Nishina, Mitsuzō Sasaki, Jun Shigemasa, Sadao Yamanaka
