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.
Credits
Samurai Saga Cast
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Character |
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Hideyo Amamoto
He was 33, 77 years old when he died
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Setsuko Wakayama
She was 29, 55 years old when she died
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Akihiko Hirata
He was 31, 56 years old when he died
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as Akaboshi |
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Akira Takarada
He was 24, now 90 years old
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as Jutaro [Jurota] Karibe |
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Eiko Miyoshi
She was 65, 69 years old when she died
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as Okuni |
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Haruo Tanaka
He was 47, 79 years old when he died
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Kamatari Fujiwara
He was 54, 80 years old when he died
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as Rakuzo the sake seller |
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Yutaka Sada
He was 48, 106 years old when he died
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Yoko Tsukasa
She was 24, now 90 years old
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as Lady Ochii / Princess Chiyo |
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Yoshifumi Tajima
He was 40, 91 years old when he died
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Seizaburô Kawazu
He was 50, 74 years old when he died
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as Nagashima |
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Sachio Sakai
He was 33, 72 years old when he died
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Akira Tani
He was 6, now 59 years old
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Toshiro Mifune
He was 39, 77 years old when he died
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as Heihachiro Komaki |
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Chieko Nakakita
She was 32, 79 years old when she died
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Kichijirô Ueda
He was 55, 68 years old when he died
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Senkichi Ômura
He was 37, 69 years old when he died
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Shin Ôtomo
He was 40, now 105 years old
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Keiko Awaji
She was 25, 80 years old when she died
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as Nanae |
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Akira Sera
He was 46, now 112 years old
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Ren Yamamoto
He was 38, 8 years old when he died
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Samurai Saga Crew
| Name |
Department |
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Tomoyuki Tanaka as Producer. He was 49 (86) years old when He died
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Production |
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Hiroshi Inagaki as Director. He was 53 (74) years old when He died
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Directing |
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Hiroshi Inagaki as Writer. He was 53 (74) years old when He died
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Writing |
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Kazuo Yamada as Director of Photography. He was 46 (78) years old when He died
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Camera |
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Yoshio Nishikawa as Sound. |
Sound |
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Akira Ifukube as Original Music Composer. He was 44 (91) years old when He died
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Sound |
