Samurai Saga

Samurai Saga (1959)

28/04/1959
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 InagakiDirector, Writer
  • Original Title

    或る剣豪の生涯

  • Status

    Released

  • Original Language

    Japanese

Top Billed Cast

Toshirō Mifune

Toshirō Mifune

Heihachiro Komaki

Yōko Tsukasa

Yōko Tsukasa

Lady Ochii / Princess Chiyo

Akira Takarada

Akira Takarada

Jutaro [Jurota] Karibe

Keiko Awaji

Keiko Awaji

Nanae

Seizaburō Kawazu

Seizaburō Kawazu

Nagashima

Kamatari Fujiwara

Kamatari Fujiwara

Rakuzo the sake seller (uncredited)

Akihiko Hirata

Akihiko Hirata

Akaboshi

Eiko Miyoshi

Eiko Miyoshi

Okuni

Sachio Sakai

Sachio Sakai

(uncredited)

Yoshibumi Tajima

Yoshibumi Tajima

(uncredited)

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