The Ambitious (1970)

7.3/10 • 120 min • Action Adventure Drama

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.

Cast

Kinnosuke Nakamura

Toshirō Mifune

Keiju Kobayashi

Yoshinosuke Saigo

Tatsuya Nakadai

Shintaro Nakaoka

Sayuri Yoshinaga

Noboru Nakaya

Hanheita Takeichi

Shigeru Kōyama

Shinsuke Mikimoto

Akihiko Katayama

Toranosuke Nakahira

Terumi Niki

Mitsukazu Nakadaira

Isao Yamagata

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