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Basic Info
Release: April 28, 1959
Runtime: 111 min
Rating: ⭐ 6.6/10 (17 votes)
Status: Released

Samurai Saga

1959 111 min ⭐ 6.6/10 17 votes
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.

Genres
Action Drama
Production Countries
  • Japan
Spoken Languages
  • Japanese ja
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Cast
Toshirō Mifune
Toshirō Mifune
Heihachiro Komaki
Yōko Tsukasa
Yōko Tsukasa
Lady Ochii / Princess Chiyo
Akira Takarada
Akira Takarada
Jutaro [Jurota] Karibe
Keiko Awaji
Keiko Awaji
Nanae
Seizaburō Kawazu
Seizaburō Kawazu
Nagashima
Kamatari Fujiwara
Kamatari Fujiwara
Rakuzo the sake seller (uncredited)
Akihiko Hirata
Akihiko Hirata
Akaboshi
Eiko Miyoshi
Eiko Miyoshi
Okuni
Sachio Sakai
Sachio Sakai
(uncredited)
Yoshibumi Tajima
Yoshibumi Tajima
(uncredited)
Akira Tani
(uncredited)
Yutaka Sada
Yutaka Sada
(uncredited)
Crew
Hiroshi Inagaki
Hiroshi Inagaki
Director
Hiroshi Inagaki
Hiroshi Inagaki
Writer
Tomoyuki Tanaka
Tomoyuki Tanaka
Producer
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