Samurai Saga (1959)
1959 · 1h 51m · Action, Drama
Genres: Action, Drama
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.
Director: Hiroshi Inagaki
Writers: Hiroshi Inagaki
Music by: Akira Ifukube
Cinematography: Kazuo Yamada
Cast
Toshirō Mifune as Heihachiro KomakiYōko Tsukasa as Lady Ochii / Princess ChiyoAkira Takarada as Jutaro [Jurota] KaribeKeiko Awaji as NanaeSeizaburō Kawazu as NagashimaKamatari Fujiwara as Rakuzo the sake seller (uncredited)Akihiko Hirata as AkaboshiEiko Miyoshi as OkuniSachio Sakai as (uncredited)Yoshibumi Tajima as (uncredited)Akira Tani as (uncredited)Yutaka Sada as (uncredited)More like this
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