Samurai Saga (1959)

  • NR
  • 04/28/1959 (JP)
  • Action, Drama
  • 1h 51m

Overview

Edmund Rostand's play Cyrano de Bergerac, transplanted to Japan. A poet-warrior with an oversized nose (matched only by his great heart) loves a lady. But she sees him only as a friend, so he helps another man to woo her by giving him the poetry of his own heart.

Hiroshi Inagaki

Director, Writer

Cast

Toshirō Mifune's headshot

Toshirō Mifune

Heihachiro Komaki
Yōko Tsukasa's headshot

Yōko Tsukasa

Lady Ochii / Princess Chiyo
Akira Takarada's headshot

Akira Takarada

Jutaro [Jurota] Karibe
Keiko Awaji's headshot

Keiko Awaji

Nanae
Seizaburō Kawazu's headshot

Seizaburō Kawazu

Nagashima
Kamatari Fujiwara's headshot

Kamatari Fujiwara

Rakuzo the sake seller (uncredited)
Akihiko Hirata's headshot

Akihiko Hirata

Akaboshi
Eiko Miyoshi's headshot

Eiko Miyoshi

Okuni

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