Samurai Saga
movie
Released April 28, 1959
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.
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)
Crew
Hiroshi Inagaki
as
Director
Hiroshi Inagaki
as
Writer
Tomoyuki Tanaka
as
Producer
Akira Ifukube
as
Original Music Composer
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Kazuo Yamada
as
Director of Photography
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Yoshiaki Ito
as
Art Direction
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Yoshio Nishikawa
as
Sound
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Teruo Maru
as
Assistant Director
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Kisaku Ito
as
Production Design
Edmond Rostand
as
Theatre Play