
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.
Actor: Akihiko Hirata, Akira Takarada, Eiko Miyoshi, Kamatari Fujiwara, Keiko Awaji, Sachio Sakai, Seizaburô Kawazu, Toshirō Mifune, Yôko Tsukasa
Director: Hiroshi Inagaki
Country: Japan