The Ambitious
幕末
Release: 1970-02-14
·Runtime: 120m
·★ 7.2
Action
Adventure
Drama
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.
Production Countries
Japan
Production Companies
Nakamura Pro Productions
Cast
Toshirō Mifune
as Shojiro Goto
Katsuo Nakamura
as Chojiro Kondo
Noboru Nakaya
as Hanheita Takeichi
Akihiko Katayama
as Toranosuke Nakahira
Isao Yamagata
as Hiroe Yamada
Kinnosuke Nakamura
as Ryoma Sakamoto
Keiju Kobayashi
as Yoshinosuke Saigo
Tatsuya Nakadai
as Shintaro Nakaoka
Sayuri Yoshinaga
as Oryo
Shigeru Kōyama
as Kaishu Katsu
Shinsuke Mikimoto
as Kogoro Katsura
Terumi Niki
as Mitsukazu Nakadaira
