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The Ambitious (1970)

★ 7.3/10 120 min Action, Adventure, Drama Japan Japanese
Director: Daisuke Itō
Story by: Ryōtarō Shiba
Screenplay by: Daisuke Itō
Streaming: Not available
The Restoration of Meiji

Description

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.

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 Chojiro Kondo
Noboru Nakaya
Noboru Nakaya Hanheita Takeichi
Eitarō Matsuyama Umanosuke Shinmiya

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