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The Ambitious
1970 7.2 (12 votes) 2h 0m
Genres
Action Adventure Drama
Production Companies
Nakamura Pro Productions

The Ambitious (幕末)

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.

Key Crew

Story: Ryōtarō Shiba

Screenplay: Daisuke Itō

Director: Daisuke Itō

Top 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

Umanosuke Shinmiya

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