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Where to Watch 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.
ActionDrama 111 min 6.8/10 from 18 votes
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Criterion Channel Cast
- Toshirō Mifune as Heihachiro Komaki
- Yōko Tsukasa as Lady Ochii / Princess Chiyo
- Akira Takarada as Jutaro [Jurota] Karibe
- Keiko Awaji as Nanae
- Seizaburō Kawazu as Nagashima