"Umon Torimonochō" - Umon Torimonochō

Japanese: 《右門捕物帖》 - うもんとりものちょう
"Umon Torimonochō" - Umon Torimonochō

...He appeared in 40 Tengu films over the next 30 years. Another hit role was the Umon Torimonochō series, also known as Mutsuri Umon, which began with Umon Ichibankara (1929), and ran for 35 films over 25 years. The man who made these two major series interesting and also created another small series, Narihira Kozō, was Yamanaka Sadao, who moved from Makino Productions to Kanjuro Productions, which was established in 1928, as a scriptwriter.

*Some of the terminology used in "Umon Torimonochou" is listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…以後,30年間に40本の〈天狗映画〉に出演。もう一つの当り役とされたのが《右門一番手柄》(1929)を第1作とする〈むっつり右門〉こと〈右門捕物帖〉シリーズで,25年間に35本。この二大シリーズをおもしろくし,さらにもう一つの小シリーズ〈なりひら(業平)小僧〉を生み出したのは,28年に設立された寛寿郎プロに,マキノプロからシナリオ・ライターとして移ってきた山中貞雄であった。…

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