The Ambitious

The Ambitious

25/8/1970 2h 0m 7.2/10

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.

Director

Daisuke Itō

Top Billed Cast

Toshirō Mifune

Toshirō Mifune

Shojiro Goto

Sayuri Yoshinaga

Sayuri Yoshinaga

Oryo

Tatsuya Nakadai

Tatsuya Nakadai

Shintaro Nakaoka

Kinnosuke Nakamura

Kinnosuke Nakamura

Ryoma Sakamoto

Keiju Kobayashi

Keiju Kobayashi

Yoshinosuke Saigo

Katsuo Nakamura

Chojiro Kondo

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