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Samurai Saga

Samurai Saga

1959•1h 51m•6.8/10
ActionDrama

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6.8/10(18)

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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Production

TOHO

Language

JA

Status

Released

Release Date

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)

Senkichi Ōmura

Senkichi Ōmura

(uncredited)

Hideyo Amamoto

Hideyo Amamoto

(uncredited)

Haruo Tanaka

Haruo Tanaka

(uncredited)

Kichijirō Ueda

Kichijirō Ueda

(uncredited)

Fumindo Matsuo

(uncredited)

Chieko Nakakita

Chieko Nakakita

(uncredited)

Akira Sera

(uncredited)

Mitsuo Tsuda

(uncredited)

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