The Ambitious
movie
The Restoration of Meiji
Released February 14, 1970
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.
Cast
Kinnosuke Nakamura
as
Ryoma Sakamoto
Toshirō Mifune
as
Shojiro Goto
Keiju Kobayashi
as
Yoshinosuke Saigo
Tatsuya Nakadai
as
Shintaro Nakaoka
Sayuri Yoshinaga
as
Oryo
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Katsuo Nakamura
as
Chojiro Kondo
Noboru Nakaya
as
Hanheita Takeichi
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Eitarō Matsuyama
as
Umanosuke Shinmiya
Shigeru Kōyama
as
Kaishu Katsu
Shinsuke Mikimoto
as
Kogoro Katsura
Akihiko Katayama
as
Toranosuke Nakahira
Terumi Niki
as
Mitsukazu Nakadaira
