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.
Released: Apr 28, 1959
Runtime: 111 minutes
Stars: Toshirō Mifune, Yōko Tsukasa, Akira Takarada, Keiko Awaji, Seizaburō Kawazu, Kamatari Fujiwara
Crew: Hiroshi Inagaki (Director), Hiroshi Inagaki (Writer), Tomoyuki Tanaka (Producer), Akira Ifukube (Original Music Composer), Kazuo Yamada (Director of Photography), Yoshiaki Ito (Art Direction)
