Overview
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.
Cast
- Toshirō Mifune as Heihachiro Komaki
- Yōko Tsukasa as Lady Ochii / Princess Chiyo
- Akira Takarada as Jutaro [Jurota] Karibe
- Keiko Awaji as Nanae
- Seizaburō Kawazu as Nagashima
- Kamatari Fujiwara as Rakuzo the sake seller (uncredited)
- Akihiko Hirata as Akaboshi
- Eiko Miyoshi as Okuni
- Sachio Sakai as (uncredited)
- Yoshibumi Tajima as (uncredited)