Samurai Saga
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.
ActionDrama
Samurai Saga
Rating
6.7/10
Release Date
1959-04-28
Runtime
111 minutes
Status
Released
Cast
Toshirō Mifune
Heihachiro Komaki
Yōko Tsukasa
Lady Ochii / Princess Chiyo
Akira Takarada
Jutaro [Jurota] Karibe
Keiko Awaji
Nanae
Seizaburō Kawazu
Nagashima
Kamatari Fujiwara
Rakuzo the sake seller (uncredited)
Akihiko Hirata
Akaboshi
Eiko Miyoshi
Okuni
Sachio Sakai
(uncredited)
Yoshifumi Tajima
(uncredited)
Akira Tani
(uncredited)
Yutaka Sada
(uncredited)
Production Companies
TOHO