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The Ambitious

70.45% | Feb 14, 1970 | 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.

Featured Crew

Ryōtarō Shiba
Story
Daisuke Itō
Screenplay

Cast

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Kinnosuke Nakamura
Ryoma Sakamoto
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Toshirō Mifune
Shojiro Goto
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Keiju Kobayashi
Yoshinosuke Saigo
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Tatsuya Nakadai
Shintaro Nakaoka

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