ActionAdventureDrama
The Ambitious
“The Restoration of Meiji”
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.
Directed by Daisuke Itō
73
User score
13 votes
Status
Released
Released
February 14, 1970
Runtime
2h 0m
Language
Japanese
Top cast
Kinnosuke Nakamura
Ryoma Sakamoto
Toshirō Mifune
Shojiro Goto
Keiju Kobayashi
Yoshinosuke Saigo
Tatsuya Nakadai
Shintaro Nakaoka
Sayuri Yoshinaga
Oryo
Katsuo Nakamura
Chojiro Kondo
Noboru Nakaya
Hanheita Takeichi
Eitarō Matsuyama
Umanosuke Shinmiya
Shigeru Kōyama
Kaishu Katsu
Shinsuke Mikimoto
Kogoro Katsura
Akihiko Katayama
Toranosuke Nakahira
Terumi Niki
Mitsukazu Nakadaira
Isao Yamagata
Hiroe Yamada
Ryuichi Nagashima
Tabun Iegami
Gaku Yamamoto
