Movie: The Ambitious

Top 10 Billed Cast

Kinnosuke Nakamura
萬屋錦之介

Ryoma Sakamoto

Toshirō Mifune
三船敏郎

Shojiro Goto

Keiju Kobayashi
小林桂樹

Yoshinosuke Saigo

Tatsuya Nakadai
仲代達矢

Shintaro Nakaoka

Sayuri Yoshinaga
吉永小百合

Oryo

Katsuo Nakamura
中村嘉葎雄

Chojiro Kondo

Noboru Nakaya
仲谷昇

Hanheita Takeichi

Eitarō Matsuyama
Eitarō Matsuyama

Umanosuke Shinmiya

Shigeru Kōyama
神山繁

Kaishu Katsu

Shinsuke Mikimoto
御木本伸介

Kogoro Katsura

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    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.

  • Release Date

    1970-02-14

  • Average

    7

  • Rating:

    3.5 starts
  • Tagline

    The Restoration of Meiji

  • Genres

  • Languages:

    日本語
  • Keywords

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