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Samurai Saga (1959)

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.
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Hiroshi Inagaki profile
Hiroshi Inagaki

Director

Cast

Toshirō Mifune profile
Toshirō Mifune

Heihachiro Komaki

Yōko Tsukasa profile
Yōko Tsukasa

Lady Ochii / Princess Chiyo

Akira Takarada profile
Akira Takarada

Jutaro [Jurota] Karibe

Keiko Awaji profile
Keiko Awaji

Nanae

Seizaburō Kawazu profile
Seizaburō Kawazu

Nagashima

Kamatari Fujiwara profile
Kamatari Fujiwara

Rakuzo the sake seller (uncredited)

Akihiko Hirata profile
Akihiko Hirata

Akaboshi

Eiko Miyoshi profile
Eiko Miyoshi

Okuni

Sachio Sakai profile
Sachio Sakai

(uncredited)

Yoshifumi Tajima profile
Yoshifumi Tajima

(uncredited)

Akira Tani profile
Akira Tani

(uncredited)

Yutaka Sada profile
Yutaka Sada

(uncredited)

Toshirō Mifune profile
Toshirō Mifune

Heihachiro Komaki

Yōko Tsukasa profile
Yōko Tsukasa

Lady Ochii / Princess Chiyo

Akira Takarada profile
Akira Takarada

Jutaro [Jurota] Karibe

Keiko Awaji profile
Keiko Awaji

Nanae

Seizaburō Kawazu profile
Seizaburō Kawazu

Nagashima

Kamatari Fujiwara profile
Kamatari Fujiwara

Rakuzo the sake seller (uncredited)

Akihiko Hirata profile
Akihiko Hirata

Akaboshi

Eiko Miyoshi profile
Eiko Miyoshi

Okuni

Sachio Sakai profile
Sachio Sakai

(uncredited)

Yoshifumi Tajima profile
Yoshifumi Tajima

(uncredited)

Akira Tani profile
Akira Tani

(uncredited)

Yutaka Sada profile
Yutaka Sada

(uncredited)

Extra

Release Date

April 28, 1959

Original Language

Japanese

Budget

$0.00

Production Company

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