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Samurai Saga

Japan Release: 1959
Running Time: 111 minutes

Samurai Saga


Japanese Title

或る剣豪の生涯
[Aru Kengo no Shogai]

Distributor: Production:

Toho
Toho / Burning Production

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Titles
International Title

Samurai Saga

 Initial US Title

Samurai Saga
US Distributor: Toho (1973) / Time: -
Alternate Titles

Life of an Expert Swordsman
[Literal translation]

 

Staff

Cast
Directed by Hiroshi Inagaki
Writing credits Hiroshi Inagaki, Edmond Rostand
Produced by Tomoyuki Tanaka
Music by Akira Ifukube
Cinematography by Kazuo Yamada
Film Editing by Kazuji Taira
Production Design by Kisaku Ito, Yoshiaki Ito
Assistant Director Teruo Maru		 Heihachiro Komaki Toshiro Mifune
Lady Ochii Yoko Tsukasa
Jutaro Karibe Akira Takarada
Nanae Keiko Awaji
Nagashima Seizaburo Kawazu
Rakuzo, Sake Seller Kamatari Fujiwara
Akaboshi Akihiko Hirata
Okuni Eiko Miyoshi
- Sachio Sakai
- Yoshifumi Tajima
- Akira Tani
- Yutaka Sada
- Senkichi Omura
- Hideyo Amamoto
- Takashi Shimura
- Haruo Tanaka
- Kichijiro Ueda
- Fumito Matsuo
- Chieko Nakakita
- Shin Otomo
- Akira Sera
- Mitsuo Tsuda
- Yasuhisa Tsutsumi
- Setsuko Wakayama
- Ren Yamamoto

Posters
Japanese Poster
Japan

Toho Stock Footage
Samurai I: Musashi Miyamoto
Samurai I: Musashi Miyamoto
Ninjitusu
Ninjitsu

Background and Trivia
  • Toho submitted the film to the US copyright office on July 14th, 1987 with the registration number of PA0000339012. The title used was its international title Samurai Saga with the alternate title being its Romaji title of Aru Kengo no Shogai.
  • Based on the 1897 play Cyrano de Bergerac by Edmond Rostand.




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