Samurai Saga
或る剣豪の生涯
Release: 1959-04-28
·Runtime: 111m
·★ 6.6
Action
Drama
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.
Production Countries
Japan
Production Companies
TOHO
Cast
Yōko Tsukasa
as Lady Ochii / Princess Chiyo
Akira Takarada
as Jutaro [Jurota] Karibe
Keiko Awaji
as Nanae
Seizaburō Kawazu
as Nagashima
Akihiko Hirata
as Akaboshi
Kichijirō Ueda
as (uncredited)
Chieko Nakakita
as (uncredited)
Kamatari Fujiwara
as Rakuzo the sake seller (uncredited)
Yutaka Sada
as (uncredited)
Senkichi Ōmura
as (uncredited)
Hideyo Amamoto
as (uncredited)
Haruo Tanaka
as (uncredited)
Ren Yamamoto
as (uncredited)
Shin Ōtomo
as (uncredited)
Toshirō Mifune
as Heihachiro Komaki
Eiko Miyoshi
as Okuni
Sachio Sakai
as (uncredited)
Yoshibumi Tajima
as (uncredited)
Yasuhisa Tsutsumi
as (uncredited)
Setsuko Wakayama
as (uncredited)
