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Life of an Expert Swordsman (Japanese:
| Life of an Expert Swordsman | |
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| Directed by | Hiroshi Inagaki[1] |
| Written by | Hiroshi Inagaki Edmond Rostand (play) |
| Based on | Cyrano de Bergerac by Edmond Rostand |
| Produced by | Tomoyuki Tanaka |
| Starring | Toshiro Mifune |
| Music by | Akira Ifukube |
Release date |
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| Country | Japan |
| Language | Japanese |
In the film, Mifune plays a samurai named Heihachiro Komaki, who is analogous to the Cyrano character. Yoko Tsukasa plays Komaki's love interest, Princess Chiyo, who is analogous to Cyrano's love interest, Roxane.
At the end of the film, when the mortally wounded Komaki visits Princess Chiyo at her convent to bring her the latest news of the outside world, he mentions the defeat of Kojirō Sasaki in a duel by the famed samurai Musashi Miyamoto. Prior to filming Life of an Expert Swordsman, Mifune had played Miyamoto in Samurai Trilogy, also directed by Inagaki, which chronicled Miyamoto's life, culminating in his legendary duel with Sasaki.
Cast
edit- Toshiro Mifune : Komaki Heihachiro
- Yoko Tsukasa : Lady Chiyo
- Akira Takarada : Karibe Jurota
- Keiko Awaji : Nanae
- Kamatari Fujiwara : Rakuzo
- Sachio Sakai : Hayashida
- Akihiko Hirata : Akahishi Sakon
- Yoshio Inaba : Shiraishi Genpachi
References
edit- ^ "HIroshi Inagaki". kotobank. Retrieved 27 December 2020.
- ^ "
或 る剣豪 の生涯 ". Kinema Junpo. Retrieved 27 December 2020. - ^ "
或 る剣豪 の生涯 ". Agency for Cultural Affairs. Retrieved 27 December 2020.
External links
edit- Samurai Saga at IMDb
- "Life of an Expert Swordsman". CinemaScape (in Japanese).
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