
The Ambitious
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
Action
Adventure
Drama
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Kinnosuke Nakamura
as Ryoma Sakamoto

Toshirō Mifune
as Shojiro Goto

Keiju Kobayashi
as Yoshinosuke Saigo

Tatsuya Nakadai
as Shintaro Nakaoka

Sayuri Yoshinaga
as Oryo

Katsuo Nakamura
as Chojiro Kondo

Noboru Nakaya
as Hanheita Takeichi

Shigeru Kōyama
as Kaishu Katsu

Shinsuke Mikimoto
as Kogoro Katsura

Akihiko Katayama
as Toranosuke Nakahira