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Samurai Saga

6.919591h 51mMovieActionDrama

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.

DirectorHiroshi Inagaki
WriterHiroshi Inagaki
ProducerTomoyuki Tanaka

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Cast · Directed by Hiroshi Inagaki

TMToshirō Mifune
Toshirō Mifune
Heihachiro Komaki
YTYōko Tsukasa
Yōko Tsukasa
Lady Ochii / Princess Chiyo
ATAkira Takarada
Akira Takarada
Jutaro [Jurota] Karibe
KAKeiko Awaji
Keiko Awaji
Nanae
SKSeizaburō Kawazu
Seizaburō Kawazu
Nagashima
KFKamatari Fujiwara
Kamatari Fujiwara
Rakuzo the sake seller (uncredited)
AHAkihiko Hirata
Akihiko Hirata
Akaboshi
EMEiko Miyoshi
Eiko Miyoshi
Okuni
SSSachio Sakai
Sachio Sakai
(uncredited)
YTYoshibumi Tajima
Yoshibumi Tajima
(uncredited)
AT
Akira Tani
(uncredited)
YSYutaka Sada
Yutaka Sada
(uncredited)

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Samurai Saga — streaming FAQ

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Samurai Saga is streaming on Criterion Channel in Canada. It's not currently on Netflix.

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