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.
Director: Hiroshi Inagaki
Toshirō Mifune Heihachiro Komaki |
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Yōko Tsukasa Lady Ochii / Princess Chiyo |
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Akira Takarada Jutaro [Jurota] Karibe |
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Keiko Awaji Nanae |
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Seizaburō Kawazu Nagashima |
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Kamatari Fujiwara Rakuzo the sake seller (uncredited) |
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Akihiko Hirata Akaboshi |
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Eiko Miyoshi Okuni |
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Sachio Sakai (uncredited) |
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Yoshifumi Tajima (uncredited) |
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Akira Tani (uncredited) |
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Yutaka Sada (uncredited) |
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Senkichi Ōmura (uncredited) |
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Hideyo Amamoto (uncredited) |
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Haruo Tanaka (uncredited) |
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Kichijirō Ueda (uncredited) |
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Fumindo Matsuo (uncredited) |
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Chieko Nakakita (uncredited) |
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Akira Sera (uncredited) |
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Mitsuo Tsuda (uncredited) |
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Yasuhisa Tsutsumi (uncredited) |
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Setsuko Wakayama (uncredited) |
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Ren Yamamoto (uncredited) |
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Shin Ōtomo (uncredited) |
Production | Tomoyuki Tanaka | Producer |
Camera | Kazuo Yamada | Director of Photography |
Directing | Hiroshi Inagaki | Director |
Writing | Hiroshi Inagaki | Writer |
Sound | Yoshio Nishikawa | Sound |
Sound | Akira Ifukube | Original Music Composer |
Art | Kisaku Ito | Production Design |
Art | Yoshiaki Ito | Art Direction |
Directing | Teruo Maru | Assistant Director |