The Ambitious (1970)

  • NR
  • 08/25/1970 (US)
  • Action, Adventure, Drama
  • 2h

The Restoration of Meiji

Overview

The story of Ryoma Sakamoto, considered to be the architect behind the downfall of the Tokugawa shogunate. He was considered an outlaw by his own clan, hunted by his government, and was despised by supporters of the Shogun as well as the Loyalists for desiring the opening of Japan to the West in order to learn its technology, in the hopes of one day defeating the West with a modern army and navy.

Ryōtarō Shiba

Story

Daisuke Itō

Screenplay, Director

Cast

Kinnosuke Nakamura's headshot

Kinnosuke Nakamura

Ryoma Sakamoto
Toshirō Mifune's headshot

Toshirō Mifune

Shojiro Goto
Keiju Kobayashi's headshot

Keiju Kobayashi

Yoshinosuke Saigo
Tatsuya Nakadai's headshot

Tatsuya Nakadai

Shintaro Nakaoka
Sayuri Yoshinaga's headshot

Sayuri Yoshinaga

Oryo
Katsuo Nakamura's headshot

Katsuo Nakamura

Chojiro Kondo
Noboru Nakaya's headshot

Noboru Nakaya

Hanheita Takeichi
Eitarō Matsuyama's headshot

Eitarō Matsuyama

Umanosuke Shinmiya

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