Samurai Saga (1959)

Name: Samurai Saga
Genre: Action, Drama
Released: 1959-04-28
Duration: 111 min
Cast: Toshirō Mifune, Yōko Tsukasa, Akira Takarada, Keiko Awaji, Seizaburō Kawazu

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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Released 1959-04-28 · 111 min · Action, Drama

Directed by Hiroshi Inagaki

Cast

Toshirō Mifune as Heihachiro Komaki
Yōko Tsukasa as Lady Ochii / Princess Chiyo
Akira Takarada as Jutaro [Jurota] Karibe
Keiko Awaji as Nanae
Seizaburō Kawazu as Nagashima
Kamatari Fujiwara as Rakuzo the sake seller (uncredited)
Akihiko Hirata as Akaboshi
Eiko Miyoshi as Okuni
Sachio Sakai as (uncredited)
Yoshibumi Tajima as (uncredited)
Akira Tani as (uncredited)
Yutaka Sada as (uncredited)
Senkichi Ōmura as (uncredited)
Hideyo Amamoto as (uncredited)
Haruo Tanaka as (uncredited)