The Ambitious
The Ambitious

The Ambitious

The Restoration of Meiji

7.2(12 votes)
1970
2h 0m
Action
Adventure
Drama

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.

Production

Nakamura Pro Productions

Cast

Kinnosuke Nakamura

Kinnosuke Nakamura

Ryoma Sakamoto

Toshirō Mifune

Toshirō Mifune

Shojiro Goto

Keiju Kobayashi

Keiju Kobayashi

Yoshinosuke Saigo

Tatsuya Nakadai

Tatsuya Nakadai

Shintaro Nakaoka

Sayuri Yoshinaga

Sayuri Yoshinaga

Oryo

Katsuo Nakamura

Katsuo Nakamura

Chojiro Kondo

Noboru Nakaya

Noboru Nakaya

Hanheita Takeichi

Eitarō Matsuyama

Eitarō Matsuyama

Umanosuke Shinmiya

Shigeru Kōyama

Shigeru Kōyama

Kaishu Katsu

Shinsuke Mikimoto

Shinsuke Mikimoto

Kogoro Katsura

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