Samurai Saga
Apr 28 1959
•2h 51m
•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.
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Toshirō Mifune
Heihachiro Komaki
Yōko Tsukasa
Lady Ochii / Princess Chiyo
Akira Takarada
Jutaro [Jurota] Karibe
Keiko Awaji
Nanae
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