Life of an Expert Swordsman (1959)
Life of an Expert Swordsman (Japanese: Aru kengo no shogai 或る剣豪の生涯) is a 1959 samurai film directed by Hiroshi Inagaki and starring Toshiro Mifune. Its story is an adaptation of the Edmond Rostand play Cyrano de Bergerac. The film was released in the English-speaking world with the title Samurai Saga.
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