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.


Keiko Awaji
Nanae

Seizaburō Kawazu
Nagashima

Kamatari Fujiwara
Rakuzo the sake seller (uncredited)

Akihiko Hirata
Akaboshi

Eiko Miyoshi
Okuni