A work in constant progress (and occasional regress).
Release Date:
April 28, 1959
Original Title:
或る剣豪の生涯
Alternate Titles:
Aru kengo no shogai
Life of an Expert Swordsman
Yamato il grande samurai
Genres:
Action | Drama
Production Companies:
TOHO
Production Countries:
Japan
Ratings / Certifications:
N/A
Runtime: 111
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.
Art Direction:
Yoshiaki Ito
Assistant Director:
Teruo Maru
Director:
Hiroshi Inagaki
Director of Photography:
Kazuo Yamada
Original Music Composer:
Akira Ifukube
Producer:
Tomoyuki Tanaka
Production Design:
Kisaku Ito
Sound:
Yoshio Nishikawa
Writer:
Hiroshi Inagaki
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