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.

Top Cast

Toshirō MifuneHeihachiro Komaki

Yōko TsukasaLady Ochii / Princess Chiyo

Akira TakaradaJutaro [Jurota] Karibe

Keiko AwajiNanae

Seizaburō KawazuNagashima

Kamatari FujiwaraRakuzo the sake seller (uncredited)

Akihiko HirataAkaboshi

Eiko MiyoshiOkuni