Watch Samurai Saga (1959) Official Trailer
6.9 / 10 IMDb April 28, 1959 1h 51m
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.
Director
Runtime
1h 51m
Release Date
April 28, 1959
Genre
Action, Drama
Status
Released
Languages
Japanese
Country
Japan
Writers
Producers
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)
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Akira Tani
as (uncredited)
Yutaka Sada
as (uncredited)
Senkichi Ōmura
as (uncredited)
Hideyo Amamoto
as (uncredited)
Haruo Tanaka
as (uncredited)
Kichijirō Ueda
as (uncredited)
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Fumindo Matsuo
as (uncredited)
Chieko Nakakita
as (uncredited)
No photo
Akira Sera
as (uncredited)
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Mitsuo Tsuda
as (uncredited)
Production Companies
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