
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