The read
It runs a compact 1h 6m.
Synopsis
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.
Ratings
IMDb3.6/10
5 audience votes
Key crew
- Kumahiko NishinaDirector
- Mitsuzō SasakiWriter
- Jun ShigemasaWriter
- Sadao YamanakaWriter
Cast
- Hiroe ArashiCast
- Kanjūrō ArashiCast
- Keinosuke TôyamaCast
- Monya OnoeCast
- Komako HaraCast
- Heikuro ImanariCast