Samurai Saga
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
Heihachiro Komaki
Yōko Tsukasa
Lady Ochii / Princess Chiyo
Akira Takarada
Jutaro [Jurota] Karibe
Keiko Awaji
Nanae
Seizaburō Kawazu
Nagashima
Kamatari Fujiwara
Rakuzo the sake seller (uncredited)
Akihiko Hirata
Akaboshi
Eiko Miyoshi
Okuni
Sachio Sakai
(uncredited)
Yoshibumi Tajima
(uncredited)
