Movie, 1959
Samurai Saga
IMDb 6.9, 111 min, Action, Drama, Japan
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.
Cast
20 credited
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)
Yoshibumi Tajima
(uncredited)
AT
Akira Tani
(uncredited)
Yutaka Sada
(uncredited)
Details
DirectorHiroshi Inagaki
WritersHiroshi Inagaki, Edmond Rostand
Runtime111 min
ReleasedTue, Apr 28, 1959
CountryJapan
IMDBtt0052579
