Samurai Saga

Original title: Aru kengo no shogai

1959
1h 51m

IMDb RATING

6.9/10

499

YOUR RATING

JapaneseSamuraiActionDramaRomance

Japanese version of 'Cyrano de Bergerac', a poet/swordsman with a huge nose who loves a woman who loves another. Ignoring his true feelings, he helps them get together.Japanese version of 'Cyrano de Bergerac', a poet/swordsman with a huge nose who loves a woman who loves another. Ignoring his true feelings, he helps them get together.Japanese version of 'Cyrano de Bergerac', a poet/swordsman with a huge nose who loves a woman who loves another. Ignoring his true feelings, he helps them get together.

Director
- Hiroshi Inagaki
Writers
- Hiroshi Inagaki
- Edmond Rostand
Stars

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IMDb RATING

6.9/10

499

YOUR RATING

Director
- Hiroshi Inagaki
Writers
- Hiroshi Inagaki
- Edmond Rostand
Stars

See production info at IMDbPro

Action

Mahershala Ali and Alex R. Hibbert in Moonlight (2016)

Drama

Ingrid Bergman and Humphrey Bogart in Casablanca (1942)

Romance

Storyline

Did you know

Trivia
When Komaki (Toshirô Mifune) is telling Lady Ochii of the recent events at the end of the film, he mentions that on April 13th Miyamoto Musashi defeated Kojiro Sasaki in a duel. Mifune actually played Musashi in 4 different films: Kanketsu Sasaki Kojiro - Ganryu-to Ketto, Miyamoto Musashi, Zoku Miyamoto Musashi: Ichijôji no kettô and Miyamoto Musashi kanketsuhen: kettô Ganryûjima (the last 3 movies comprising the Samurai trilogy, also directed by Inagaki).

Quotes
Jutaro [Jurota] Karibe: Chiyo! Open your window, and show me your fair self. And your dark eyes that are like twin pools.
Lady Ochii aka Princess Chiyo: No. You do not love me anymore.
Jutaro [Jurota] Karibe: My love for you grows ever deeper. You accuse me wrongly, and I am crestfallen.
Lady Ochii aka Princess Chiyo: Why, I...
Jutaro [Jurota] Karibe: My heart aches with love for you. And I only live for the moments I see your dear face.
Heihachiro Komaki: [whispering to Jurota] "Were I a mirror."
Jutaro [Jurota] Karibe: Were I a mirror, you would look at me, and I'd whisper my love.
Heihachiro Komaki: Good!
Lady Ochii aka Princess Chiyo: Why, Jurota!