Samurai Saga (1959)
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.
Samurai SagaAction, Drama
Cast
- 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)
- Akira Tani — (uncredited)
- Yutaka Sada — (uncredited)
Where to watch Samurai Saga
Criterion Channel
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