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The Ambitious (1970)
Directed by Daisuke Itô
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.
Length 120 minutes
Actors
Toshirō Mifune | Shigeru Kôyama | Katsuo Nakamura | Tatsuya Nakadai | Keiju Kobayashi | Kinnosuke Nakamura | Akihiko Katayama | Isao Yamagata | Noboru Nakaya | Ryuichi Nagashima | Terumi Niki | Sayuri Yoshinaga | Shinsuke Mikimoto | Eitarô Matsuyama